American poets' ambulances in Italy, 1917 – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures American poets' ambulances in Italy, 1917 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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American poets' ambulances in Italy, 1917
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The poster's caption, "Pegasus at work for the Allies," casts the winged horse of myth as a flying ambulance, linking poetry with wartime rescue work. A handwritten inscription records that Robert Underwood Johnson, chairman of the American Lovers of Italy committee, gave this copy to the Library of Congress in honor of the victims of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German submarine in 1915 with many Americans among the dead. The pairing shows how American sympathy for the Allies was being organized in 1917, just as the United States was entering the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 25 x 53.5 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Caption: Pegasus at work for the Allies. Inscribed: To the Library of Congress, compliments of Robert Underwood Johnson, chairman of the committee, American Lovers of Italy, [in honor of] the victims of the Lusitania. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Ambulances--American--Italy--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,670 × 3,761 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220884 |
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