BUY LIBERTY BONDS

Artist ANONYMOUS-NORTH AMERICA

Date1918

CountryUSA

MediumPoster

DimensionsOverall: 76.7 × 51 cm (30 3/16 × 20 1/16")

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Phillip M. Flammer.

Object number100060091

DescriptionPoster with an image of Abraham Lincoln with text above and below. The background of the poster is mostly dark and light brown, with some spots of orange and green. The poster has an image of an ornamental frame that goes around the perimeter. At the top of the poster is text in yellow-gold lettering and reads: BUY/LIBERTY BONDS. Below the text is an image of Abraham Lincoln is a side profile, depicting his head, neck, and the collar of his coat. Below this image is smaller text in the same yellow-gold color. It reads: "THAT GOVERNMENT OF/THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,/FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT/PERISH FROM THE EARTH". LR corner is signed A. Lincoln in dark lettering. Very small text on the border reads: LLC: 12-A, LRC: AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHIC CO., N.Y.

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