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TITLE: Lest liberty perish from the face of the earth - buy bonds / Joseph Pennell, del. & c.

CALL NUMBER: DRWG/MA - Pennell, no. 3377 (Cabinet B) [P&P]

Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original drawing is too fragile to serve.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-18334 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZC4-4633 (color film copy transparency)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Design drawing for poster titled "That liberty shall not perish 1918, made for the 4th Liberty Loan." Drawing shows the Statue of Liberty in ruins with New York City in flames in the background.

MEDIUM: 1 drawing : watercolor, crayon ; 38 3/8 x 32 in.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1918]

CREATOR:

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, artist.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Inscription: "Watercolor sketch of idea."

Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, War poster paintings, p. 31.

Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316. ).

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.

Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.

Exhibited in: "Creating the U.S." Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.

SUBJECTS:

World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States.
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920.
War bonds & funds--1910-1920.

FORMAT:

Watercolors 1910-1920.
Design drawings Color 1910-1920.

PART OF: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Drawings and paintings series

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 18334 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18334
(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g04633 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04633

CONTROL #: 96514610

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