And Now the Fighting Fourth.
Title
And Now the Fighting Fourth .
Creator(s)
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978, artist.
Contributor(s)
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of New England, publisher.
Physical description
1 photomechial print on paper : color ; sheet 36 x 26 cm .
Publishing Details
[United States : Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of New England , 1918]
Summary
Poster showing a boy showing off various medals on his shirt , including medals for the Red Cross , War Saving Stamps , Y.M.C.A. , and the Boy Scouts . A bond is sticking out of the pocket of his sweater .
Notes
Artist's name in lower right corner of image . Rockwell's illustration , entitled Boy showing off badges , appeared on the cover of the Aug . 17 , 1918 issue of The literary digest . Cf . Moffatt , Laurie N . Norman Rockwell , a definitive catalogue . Stockbridge , Mass . : Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge , 1986 . Small illustration of rising sun at bottom left corner of sheet with text : "To-day buy that Liberty Bond " . In lower right corner of sheet within a box : "Save to buy and buy to keep ". Exhibited in "Over Here: World War I Posters from around the World " held at the Boston Athenaeum , September 10 , 2014 - January 31 , 2015 .
Local notes
Gift ; Bartlett H . Hayes ; July 1985 ; 1985.31 (am . no.38)
Country of origin
United_States_USA
Link to library catalog
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=481300
Link to Exhibit Page
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/over-here-wwi-posters-from-around-the-world
Provenance
Hayes , Bartlett H. , 1904- , donor
Subject
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of New England--Posters. World War, 1914-1918--United States--Posters. World War, 1914-1918--Finance--United States--Posters. World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States--Posters. Liberty bonds--United States--Posters. Boy Scouts--Pictorial works. Posters, American.
Genre terms
Advertisements--Liberty bonds--United States--1910-1920. War posters--United States--1910-1920. Photomechanical prints--United States--1910-1920.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) A 8A9ZU Usu.am.(no.38)
Source
And Now the Fighting Fourth.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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