Let’s End it – PERSUASIVE WEAPONS

Title	Let’s End it
Creator	Maurice Ingres
Date	1917
Format	30 x 40 in
Description	Maurice Ingres’s 1917 poster uses the allegorical figure Columbia standing in front of a burning cityscape to implore viewers to purchase Liberty Bonds. While Columbia is sometimes depicted as a warrior equipped with armor and a sword, Ingres’s version wears a blue cap covered in white stars, and is clad in a white garment with red lining that traces her feminine curvature. With arms outstretched, head tilted, and a somber facial expression, Columbia pleads with the viewer to bring a merciful conclusion to the destructive conflict symbolized by the burning city behind her, including a church on the right sharing a strong resemblance with the Cathedral Notre-Dame of Paris. The severity of the situation is elevated through the red text that reads “Let’s End It – Quick With Liberty Bonds.”
Copyright and Terms	Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.