What about India? / Merlin. – Antique Poster 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of What about India? / Merlin.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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What about India? / Merlin.
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What about India?" sets the question against a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, pointing to a debate the Allied war effort could not easily avoid in 1941. When Britain declared India at war in 1939 without consulting its elected leaders, the Indian National Congress protested, so the question of self-rule became tied to the fight against fascism. Maurice Merlin, a Detroit artist working under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, made this silkscreen print, one of many posters that used graphic design to address the war at home and abroad.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Hand-written on recto in pencil: Maurice Merlin - Detroit. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Gandhi Mahatma 1869-1948. World War 1939-1945. India--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,707 × 4,002 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 624_What_about_India_Merl_1941 |
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