Image

Krieg Hoff

2 Inspiring Cablegrams,

Description

Maker

Title

2 Inspiring Cablegrams

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

109 x 80 cm (42 15/16 x 31 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

title lithographed below image: 2 / INSPIRING / CABLEGRAMS; artist signature lithographed in LL quadrant of image: KRIEG / HOFF; two mock cablegrams in LL and LR quadrants of image read: WESTERN UNION / CABLEGRAM / (followed by text); lithographed below title: CHAIRMAN EDWARD N. HURLEY cables: "* * * We / want you and the boys in the trenches..." / GENERAL PERSHING replies: "The launching of / nearly 100 ships on the Fourth of July is the most / inspiring news that has come to us... / All hail, American Ship-Builders!"; lithographed in lower margin: UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION / ISSUED BY PUBLICATIONS SECTION, PHILADELPHIA; printed in LR margin: THOMSEN-ELLIS CO. - BALTIMORE - NEW YORK

Type

Credit

Gift of Robert Leeson

Object Number

69.001X.79

About

2 Inspiring Cablegrams

title lithographed below image: 2 / INSPIRING / CABLEGRAMS; artist signature lithographed in LL quadrant of image: KRIEG / HOFF; two mock cablegrams in LL and LR quadrants of image read: WESTERN UNION / CABLEGRAM / (followed by text); lithographed below title: CHAIRMAN EDWARD N. HURLEY cables: "* * * We / want you and the boys in the trenches..." / GENERAL PERSHING replies: "The launching of / nearly 100 ships on the Fourth of July is the most / inspiring news that has come to us... / All hail, American Ship-Builders!"; lithographed in lower margin: UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION / ISSUED BY PUBLICATIONS SECTION, PHILADELPHIA; printed in LR margin: THOMSEN-ELLIS CO. - BALTIMORE - NEW YORK

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