This fine art PRINT of the famous inspirational poem 'IF' by Rudyard Kipling has been produced from an original piece of handwritten calligraphy which has been scanned at high resolution and then printed onto very high-quality FSC-approved acid-free ivory paper. The title has been reproduced using gold foil blocking.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬:
-𝟏𝟐 𝐱 𝟏𝟔 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 (𝟑𝟎.𝟓𝐜𝐦 𝐱 𝟒𝟎.𝟕 𝐜𝐦𝐬)
- 𝐀𝟑 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 (𝟐𝟗.𝟕 𝐱 𝟒𝟐𝐜𝐦𝐬)

'IF' by Rudyard Kipling has recently been voted as one of the most popular poems in the world. It is truly motivational and inspirational and offers a set of principles to aspire to. This handwritten calligraphy print is a wonderful graduation gift to give to your son or for when they are leaving home to start at a new college. It's perfect as a gift for your husband or boyfriend and is often given to boys for their christening. Its classic design means that it will complement the colour scheme of any room and is suitable for all men young and old.


Items in the photograph other than the print are for decorative purposes only.

The print is carefully rolled, beautifully packaged and sent in a rigid postal tube.


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The words of IF by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a man my son!



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