Feed a Fighter, circa 1918

Item — Folder: 11

Identifier: A1999-081-015

Scope and Contents

Drawing of a soldier sitting in a trench with the caption "Feed a Fighter. Eat only what you need - waste nothing - that he and his family may have enough".

Dates

Creation: circa 1918

Creator

Morgan, Wallace, 1873-1948 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

1 item/s : Lithograph on paper ; overall: 29 x 21 in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Exhibition Label

Object labels, "'Americans, Do Your Bit': World War I in Posters" Opened 3 June 2017

Feed a Fighter, 1917-1919 Wallace Morgan (1873-1948) Gift of Diana Korzenik and Andrew S. Dibner, A99/81/15

While many of the artists who contributed their work to the Division of Pictorial Publicity stayed in New York, some traveled to the French front. Although the work produced by these artists"more than 270 sketches and drawings"was intended to document the war, the U. S. Food Administration and the Division of Pictorial Publicity adopted some for use in posters such as this one. In late 1918 and early 1919, an exhibition of works by the official Army artists toured the United States.