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Poster: The Sword is Drawn...The Navy Upholds It!
191742 1/16 x 28 1/16 in. (106.8 x 71.3 cm)
Kenyon Cox
American (Warren, OH, 1856 - 1919, New York, NY)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Color lithograph
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. E. Henry Keutmann
Accession Number:
1973.165
Location: Not currently on view
Columbia (the female personification of the United States of America) is strong and powerful in this Navy recruiting poster. The bold and graphic style of the poster contributes to the sense of her overwhelming presence.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
[Gallery label text, 2006]
Bibliography
For general references, see George Theofiles, "American Posters of World War I," New York: Dafran House Publishers, Inc., 1973, fig. 42, p. 46; Walton Rawls, “Wake up, America!: World War I and the American poster," New York : Abbeville Press, 1988, pp. 22-23.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Calling Every Man, Woman and Child: American World War I Posters Memorial Art Gallery 10/27/2006 - 1/21/2007
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
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World War I Posters Lesson Plan
Lesson plan around MAG's collection of World War I posters