In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter. – Historic Reproduction
![In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d4107ee5d0d-L.webp)
(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.)
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Step back in time with In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter., a vintage poster rich in period 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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In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter.
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Albert Herter's color lithograph "In the name of mercy give!" was made in 1917, when the American Red Cross was campaigning for donations to support its work in the First World War. The poster ties the Red Cross's nursing and medical relief to an appeal for money, a link the organization leaned on heavily as the United States entered the war that year. Herter was a painter better known for murals and decorative commissions than for posters, which gives the piece a more classical, painterly quality than many wartime appeals. It belongs to the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 98 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Nurses--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,600 × 4,462 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221819 |
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