ARTV00020 - Quick!
Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain, Copyright expired - public domain
- ID number
- ARTV00020
- Title
- Quick!
- Artists
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- Government of Australia;
- Lindsay, Norman;
- Syd. Day, The Printer Ltd;
- Object type
- Poster
- Date made
- 1918
- Medium
- chromolithograph on paper
- Measurement
- overall: 98 x 64.8 cm
- Collection
- Art
- Description
- An Australian First World War recruitment poster, depicting two Australian soldiers, hard pressed by a larger German force, one on the ground appealing for help. Norman Lindsay (1879-1970) was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator, cartoonist, printmaker, writer and sculptor. He joined the Sydney 'Bulletin' magazine as a staff artist, 1901-09, 1910-23 and 1932-58. During the First World War he produced jingoistic cartoons and pro-conscription posters.
