Lot of 4, includes: Printed broadside, 19.25 x 29.5 in. "A Happy New Year to Our Gallant Soldiers!" London: The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., n.d., ca 1915. Depicts line of soldiers marching toward a bright sun on the horizon labeled "1915." The sun's rays extend upward toward letters spelling out, "VICTORY." Beneath the soldiers, it reads, "You can Make it certain if you JOIN NOW." (Lot includes three separate copies of this broadside). Printed broadside, 20.25 x 30 in. Remember Belgium. New York: United States Printing & Lithograph Co., n.d., ca 1918. Depicts silhouette of armed German soldier drawing a young girl away by the hand while a city burns in the background. Underneath title reads, "Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan." Artist's mark, "Ellsworth Young," in lower left corner. This lot of World War I broadsides provides two different examples of propaganda from the Allied nations. The first poster was produced after Britain joined the war against Germany in the Summer of 1914. These kinds of posters were used in order to persuade young men to join the cause and lead their nation to victory. Allied nations also used depictions of German atrocities to motivate their citizens to participate in the war effort. The second poster from the United States utilizes this method by invoking the German invasion of Belgium, which also became known as "the rape of Belgium." One of the major ways United States citizens could contribute to the cause of the war was by subscribing to liberty bonds, or liberty loans, and as such the bonds became symbols of patriotic duty. This poster urges citizens to partake in that patriotic duty in remembrance of besieged Belgium. Provenance:The Alan Culpin Collection of World War I Art Condition: All three copies of the first poster have some brittleness at the corners/edges. Second poster has very slight brittleness at right edge, and is backed with cardboard and wrapped in plastic.
Lot of 4, includes: Printed broadside, 19.25 x 29.5 in. "A Happy New Year to Our Gallant Soldiers!" London: The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., n.d., ca 1915. Depicts line of soldiers marching toward a bright sun on the horizon labeled "1915." The sun's rays extend upward toward letters spelling out, "VICTORY." Beneath the soldiers, it reads, "You can Make it certain if you JOIN NOW." (Lot includes three separate copies of this broadside). Printed broadside, 20.25 x 30 in. Remember Belgium. New York: United States Printing & Lithograph Co., n.d., ca 1918. Depicts silhouette of armed German soldier drawing a young girl away by the hand while a city burns in the background. Underneath title reads, "Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan." Artist's mark, "Ellsworth Young," in lower left corner. This lot of World War I broadsides provides two different examples of propaganda from the Allied nations. The first poster was produced after Britain joined the war against Germany in the Summer of 1914. These kinds of posters were used in order to persuade young men to join the cause and lead their nation to victory. Allied nations also used depictions of German atrocities to motivate their citizens to participate in the war effort. The second poster from the United States utilizes this method by invoking the German invasion of Belgium, which also became known as "the rape of Belgium." One of the major ways United States citizens could contribute to the cause of the war was by subscribing to liberty bonds, or liberty loans, and as such the bonds became symbols of patriotic duty. This poster urges citizens to partake in that patriotic duty in remembrance of besieged Belgium. Provenance:The Alan Culpin Collection of World War I Art Condition: All three copies of the first poster have some brittleness at the corners/edges. Second poster has very slight brittleness at right edge, and is backed with cardboard and wrapped in plastic.
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