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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Save the Serbians from Cholera
Boardman Robinson (1876-1952) · Franco-Serbian Field Hospital of America, 17 West 30th Street, New York, 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 lithograph Boardman Robinson drew for the Franco-Serbian Field Hospital of America, 17 West 30th Street, New York, in 1918, 91 by 61 cm.
Why it matters
The field hospital asked New York to pay for the fight against cholera in Serbia. Robinson was a Canadian-born American painter, illustrator and cartoonist.
What to notice
A figure of Death reaching down out of storm clouds to menace a devastated people.
A storm cloud with a hand in it.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Boardman Robinson (1876-1952)
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Franco-Serbian Field Hospital of America, 17 West 30th Street, New York, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722438 · POS - US .R61, no. 2 (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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