Buy Peace Bonds Accession Number: ARTV06279

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Australian poster promoting the sale of Peace bonds following the end of the First World War. This Peace Loan was issued in August 1919 and citizens were encouraged to subscribe to help assist returned soldiers back to civilian life. The image is of a civilian woman in a red dress and a returned soldier, who appears to have a walking aid. Positioned on the right in the foreground, they have their backs to the viewer and are surveying a war ravaged landscape silhouetted on the left side of the poster. They stand beneath a tree, indicating that peace has come. The text is printed over the blue sky between the two images both are set within a black and yellow border.

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Accession Number
ARTV06279
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Unknown
Printer
John Sands Ltd
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
sheet: 12.6 x 30.4 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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