item details
NamePoster, 'Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds'
ProductionFrederick Strothmann; artist; 1917-1918; United States
Department of the Treasury Publicity Bureau (United States); publisher; 1918
Department of the Treasury Publicity Bureau (United States); publisher; 1918
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialsink, paper
Techniquescolour lithography
DimensionsOverall: 758mm (height), 506mm (length), 2mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH016598
Credit lineGift of Department of Defence, 1919
Overview
This First World War poster shows a sophisticated interaction between the image and message, and is considered one of the strongest American posters of the war.
Posters that demonised the enemy were outside the usual formulae of poster advertising, but ultimately were intended to ‘sell’ the war.