They Crucify American Manhood Enlist U.S. Army
WWI Recruiting Poster
- 1917
- M. Hoyle
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27 x 41 1/2 inches ~ (68 x 104 cm)$2,350
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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"'THEY CRUCIFY' portrays an actual incident of the war, witnessed by Sergeant Albert Goad, formerly of the Seaforth Highlanders, but since stationed with the British recruiting Mission in San Francisco. The atrocity was perpetrated in Belgium, in a shell shattered cottage, where Sergeant Goad found a murdered husband, a mother nailed to the wall, and a babe mutilated by a bayonet. The Sergeant told of this experience to the artist M. Hoyle, of San Francisco, who in turn painted it for the San Francisco Army Recruiting District, adhering conscientiously to the facts.
Louis Roesch Co Lith, San Francisco
