Lest liberty perish from the face of the earth - buy bonds / Joseph Pennell, del. & c.

Design drawing for poster titled "That liberty shall not perish from the earth - buy Liberty Bonds" for the Fourth Liberty Loan during World War I. Drawing shows the Statue of Liberty in ruins with New York City in flames in the background.

Inscription: "Watercolor sketch of idea."
Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, War poster paintings, p. 31.
Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316).
Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.
Exhibited in: "Creating the U.S." Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.
Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April - Nov. 2017.