For the safety of womenhood...Help! till it hurts... Accession Number: ARTV05575

Description

First World War poster issued by the Liberty Loan Committee of Washington to promote the sale of war bonds. It features a reproduction of a lithograph by William Balfour Ker published in the April 1918 issue of ' The Delineator' women's magazine (published 1873 - 1937). The patriotic image is of a idealised mother and child wrapped in the flag of the United States protected on all sides by soldiers and sailors carrying rifles with their bayonets fixed. The image fills the upper half set within a black frame. The title and text printed in black ink is positioned in the bottom third. Both image and text are set against a white background.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV05575
Printer
Unknown
Artist
William Balfour Ker
Publisher
Liberty Loan Committee of Washington
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 50.8 x 33.2 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1918 - 1919
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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