Their Home! Belgium 1918 Accession Number: ARTV01006

Description

British First World War poster promoting the purchase of national war bonds. The poster aimed to spur on nationalist sentiment by showing the effects of the German bombardment of Ypres and how it affected the everyday person.

The poster depicts civilians with the ruined belfry of the Clothhouse in Ypres in the background. In the foreground a women holder her head in her hands as she weeps while her children sit before her, confused.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV01006
Artist
F Gregory Brown
Printer
Grosvenor Press Ltd.
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph
Measurement
Sheet: 102.2 cm x 63.7 cm
Medium
lithograph
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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