The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals
This striking set of prints was commissioned by the British Government in 1917 as propaganda. After three years of hard fighting and unprecedented loss of life, the images were intended to encourage a war-weary public and raise support for the war effort.
Designed in two sets of portfolios, “Ideals” and “Efforts” the ideals addressed the reasons why Britain was at war and what it aimed to achieve. The “Efforts” illustrate some of the activities men and women were making for the war effort. As
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