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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Liberty, Freed, Humanity's Need!
Alexander O. Levy (1881-1947) · Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 1918
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 1918, one of his allegories of Liberty in the war.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress holds a run of Levy's allegories from 1917 and 1918, and in this one Liberty herself is the one set free.
What to notice
The figure of Liberty, arms outspread and broken chains hanging from her wrists, gathers children to her sides.
The chains broken, and the arms open.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Alexander O. Levy (1881-1947)
- Campaign
- Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651590 · POS - WWI - US, no. 49 (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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