Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs. Humanity

Prints and Drawings

1918

Unknown Artist
Canadian, 20th century

The hospital ship Llandovery Castle was hit by a torpedo from German submarine U-86 on June 27, 1918, off the coast of southern Ireland, taking the lives of 234, the highest number of casualties caused by the sinking of a hospital ship. Shortly thereafter, the submarine surfaced and gunned down most of the survivors; only 24 were rescued.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Unknown artist
Title: Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This Kultur vs. Humanity
Place: Canada (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1918
Medium: Color lithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 91.3 × 60.8 cm (36 × 23 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. N. M. Goldsmith
Reference Number: 1931.174

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