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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Cross and the Crusaders!!
Alexander O. Levy (1881-1947) · Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Alexander O. Levy drew in 1917, one of his allegories of Liberty in the war.
Why it matters
Levy cast the Allied advance as a crusade and the enemy as the looters of a church. The Atlas hangs it as the history of that image.
What to notice
Liberty points to a crucifix hanging on a church wall and toward German soldiers looting the church, as Allied soldiers advance on them.
A church, defended as a crusade.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Alexander O. Levy (1881-1947)
- Campaign
- Remember Belgium · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651592 · POS - WWI - US, no. 51 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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