Look after my folks / Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. autolithograph ; American Lithographic Co. N.Y. – Antique Print
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(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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Look after my folks / Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. autolithograph ; American Lithographic Co. N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Look after my folks / Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. autolithograph ; American Lithographic Co. N.Y.
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Few posters of the First World War speak as directly to a sailor's family as this one, which asks the viewer to look after the families of men at sea under the banner of the Navy Relief Society. Its caption, "Look after my folks," appears with the artist's name, Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A., and the note that the Society cares for the Navy's widows and orphans. The poster was printed by the American Lithographic Co. of New York around 1917, when the United States had entered the war and war-related fundraising appeals were everywhere. Brangwyn was a British painter and illustrator, and his bold, graphic style gives the sailor an emotional weight that words alone could not carry.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 105 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Navy Relief Society. Official relief organization of the U.S. Navy cares for the Navy's widows and orphans. Subscriptions received by any bank or the Emergency Fund Committee, 280 Broadway, New York City. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Sailors--American--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,648 × 4,527 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221812 |
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