Place | North & Central America: United States of America |
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Accession Number | ARTV00823 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 73.8 x 48 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | chromolithograph on paper |
Maker |
Riesenberg, Sidney H United States Government Unknown |
Place made | United States of America |
Date made | c.1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lend as they fight: Buy more liberty bonds
Description
United States First World War poster issued to promote the sale of Liberty Bonds. The image fills the whole and features two soldiers fighting at the front. Positioned in the foreground the first soldier is wounded with a bandaged head. He is firing a pistol leaning up against the second soldier who is standing protectively behind him firing his rifle into the lower right. Behind them is a bright yellow and orange sky with white smoke and a line of barbed wire. The title positioned top and bottom printed in blue and pale blue ink outlined with black.
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