That liberty shall not perish from the Earth buy Liberty Bonds... Accession Number: ARTV00825

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Poster depicts a headless Statue of Liberty in front of burning buildings after an air raid, poster quotes from the Declaration of Independence: 'That liberty shall not perish from the earth' and urges purchase of liberty bonds in the fourth liberty loan. Pennell originally wanted the caption to read "Buy Liberty Bonds or You Will See This". This poster was produced in a print run of 500,000 copies for the Fourth Liberty Loan

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Accession Number
ARTV00825
Artist
Joseph Pennell
Publisher
US Government
Printer
Alco-gravure Inc
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photogravure in brown
Measurement
Sheet: 76.2 cm x 55.7 cm
Medium
photogravure
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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