How much will you lend to the boys who are giving all: buy liberty bonds

First World War United States poster promoting the sale of Liberty Bonds. It features the image of a family saying goodbye to a young soldier in the lower right. Behind him the American flag is flying at full mast. A small group of other soldiers march towards it shilouetted against a bright orange sky. Another couple, a soldier and his girlfriend, watch them from the lower right. The titled is integrated and printed in black in the upper centre right targets those at home reminding them of the sacrifices made by soldiers and their families. The subtitled printed in green accross the bottom urges the viewer to ' Buy Liberty Bonds'. Franklin Booth (1874 –1948) was an influential American artist known for his highly detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. He was raised on a farm in Carmel, Indiana and as a boy was determined to become an artist. He studied pictures in books and magazines, including Scribner's and Harper's. He developed a style of drawing composed of thousands of lines, and the characteristics of his art were his scale extremes with large buildings and forests looming over tiny figures, decorative scrolls and borders, classic hand lettering and gnarled trees. Booth contributed to the First World War by illustrating recruitment posters, US savings bonds envelopes, booklets and death certificates for American soldiers who perished in France and Belgium, and work for the Red Cross.





The New House by Booth, originally an illustration for a poem in Good Housekeeping
Booth was primarily a commercial artist, and his illustrations appeared in The Century Magazine, Everybody's Magazine, McClure's, Cosmopolitan