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American world war i poster by artist harry r. Destroy this mad brute.

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Hopps was an american recruitment poster which attacked germany for their brutal actions in the rape of belgium.

Destroy this mad brute. Destroy this mad brute. In the background is an expanse of water and silhouetted against a vivid green sky war ruined buildings named lower right corner. In 1904 two european countries france and britain signed the entente cordiale.

Defining terms and avoiding ambiguity by admin published may 26 2019 updated september 27 2019 the following was written in the summer of 2017 as an introduction to a book project which as it transformed wound up inspiring the creation of this website. Destroy this mad brute united states propaganda harry r. 2013 destroy this mad brute enlist u s.

Destroy this mad brute the united states never had a large standing army and that meant that when war came they had to quickly mobilize and get public support for the war. This poster was released in 1917 by harry ryle hopps portraying germany as a gorilla invading the united states having conquered europe. The ground at the monster s feet is discreetly labelled america.

Army destroy this mad brute enlist. Destroy this mad brute is a piece of world war i propaganda originally produced as a lithograph by harry ryle hopps an american artist and illustrator. Anti german cartoon from australia norman lindsay between 1914 and 1918.

The piece was produced in 1917 the year. Depicted is a crazed gorilla representing germany carrying a bloody club and the limp body of a woman while standing on the american shore. Destroy this mad brute is the caption of this world war i propaganda poster for enlistment in the u s.

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Location currently not on view object name poster associated date 1917 1918. President wilson created the committee on public information whose job it was to put forth propaganda towards the war. A dribbling ape like german wielding a club bearing the word kultur and wearing a pickelhaube helmet with the word militarism is walking onto the shore of america while holding a half naked woman in his grasp possibly meant to depict liberty.

This agreement stated that the countries were to be allies against their common enemy germany. Hopps for the u s. Destroy this mad brute enlist 1917 by h r.

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