Accession Number
1954/2.35.54

Title
Courage, Comrades, I'm Coming

Artist(s)
Lucien Hector Jonas

Object Creation Date
circa 1917

Medium & Support
lithograph on paper

Dimensions
41 15/16 x 28 in. (106.5 x 71 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons

Physical Description
Text: Courage, Comrades, I'm Coming - Hold Allies!! Stand England! Stand France! Stand Italy! Hold the lines against the Hun a few months longer - Our boys are coming - a million men are on the way & millions more to follow - Behind them stands America - that means you & me! - 100,000,000 strong - American Says: Down With Autocracy! - Up With Democracy! - I'll Save. I'll Sacrifice. I'll Serve. I'll Endure. - To the End that the World = "under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth" - Issued by Connecticut State Council of Denfense

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
planographic print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Text-based Art
World War I
bayonet
guns
helmet
kneeling
males
modern and contemporary art
posters
soldier
statue
walking
wars