(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
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Unidentified artist (signed 'Louis[?]'); held among U.S. Food Administration poster records
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Artwork
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Unidentified artist. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-37.
Text on the object
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.
