£100
War Poster Red Cross Our Greatest Mother Join WWI. Original antique World War One Red Cross recruitment poster - Our Greatest Mother Join! Design features a Red Cross nurse sitting next to a young girl with four horsemen of the apocalypse riding in a dark sky over a river between trees and towns in the background. The American Red Cross ARC was formed in 1881 as non-profit humanitarian organization founded by the American Civil War nurse Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton; 1821-1912). Printed by American Lithographic Co. Inc. NY USA. Good condition, restored tears, restored creasing, restored paper loss, staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: USA, designer: Cornelius Hicks, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1917.
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