The United States Army Builds Men
Artist
Herbert Paus
United States, 1880 - 1946
Printer
Niagara Litho Co., Buffalo - New York
United States
Datec. 1918
Dimensions29 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (74.9 x 48.9 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.192
DescriptionThis enlistment poster is one of numerous posters Herbert Paus designed for federal government agencies during World War I. In this slightly confused illustration, he shows a U.S. soldier surveying a large globe surmounted by a small figure of Victory; the soldier’s form, like those of the figures behind him representing character, crafts, and physique also suggests a certain classical formality; the figure representing “character,” however, is clothed in the gothic chainmail of a medieval Christian knight.On View
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