item details
NamePoster, 'Remember Belgium'
ProductionEllsworth Young; artist; September 1918; United States
The United States Printing & Lithograph Co.; printing firm; September 1918; United States
United States Treasury Department; publisher
The United States Printing & Lithograph Co.; printing firm; September 1918; United States
United States Treasury Department; publisher
Classificationpolitical posters
Materialsink, paper
Techniquescolour lithography
DimensionsOverall: 760mm (height), 506mm (length), 2mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH016601
Credit lineGift of Department of Defence, 1919
Overview
This American First World War poster portrays rape and carnage by a German soldier (identifiable by his helmet). It is the quinessential atrocity poster.
It also advertises the Fourth Liberty Loan, launched 28 September 1918 in America, which offered $6 billion in bonds at 4.25 percent.