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title: (Soldier Charging Through Barbed Wire), original drawing
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soldier-charging-through-barbed-wire-drawing-1918/
description: A pen-and-ink drawing shows a helmeted infantryman leaping a trench parapet with fixed bayonet, mouth open, through barbed wire and smoke.
section: Collection
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# (Soldier Charging Through Barbed Wire), original drawing

A pen-and-ink drawing shows a helmeted infantryman leaping a trench parapet with fixed bayonet, mouth open, through barbed wire and smoke. It carries no slogan on the sheet. The only persuasive mechanism visible is transfer: the soldier's action is offered as an image for a caption or campaign that is not present.

## Propaganda techniques used in this artwork

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
LOWRY

[pencil note, right edge, rotated: apparently 'Liberty Loan … 101 … Monroe St … 37', partly illegible]
[pencil notes, bottom edge: '6" wide' and a second note, illegible]
[pencil number, lower left: illegible]
```

The artist's signature at lower left reads 'LOWRY'. The pencil notes are production or filing marks, read only in part.

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