Beware poison gas? – Historic 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.)
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A window into the past: Beware poison gas?, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Unlike many wartime posters, this one relies entirely on lettering, with its question-form title asking viewers to beware poison gas. Printed in 1917, it reflects a period when chemical weapons had become a constant danger on the Western Front. Chlorine was first released at Ypres in 1915, and Germany introduced mustard gas there in 1917. The poster's designers, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Herbert MacNair, were members of the Glasgow Four, a Scottish circle known for its Art Nouveau and Glasgow Style work.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 106 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Title from item. · Mackintosh Margaret Macdonald 1864-1933 artist.Macnair Herbert fl. ca. 1890-1940 artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Communications--Canada. Gas warfare--1910-1920. Poisons--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,333 × 5,558 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1019_Beware_poison_gas_1917 |
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