To Victory
c. 1942
Artist
Charles Rich Wilcox
DIMENSIONS
13 x 8 1/2 in. (33 x 21.6 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.206
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Animals, Anthropomorphic Animals, Beaver, Canada, Cat, Great Britain, Lion, Political, United Kingdom, WWII
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Peter A. Blatz
KEYWORDS
Animals, Anthropomorphic Animals, Beaver, Canada, Cat, Great Britain, Lion, Political, United Kingdom, WWII
Charles Rich Wilcox designed many recruitment and propaganda posters for Canadian government agencies during World War II. Since Canada was never under direct attack on its own soil, Canadian posters of this period rarely showed graphic images of violence. This poster presents the almost cartoon-like personifications of Britain (the lion) and Canada (the beaver), both armed, as they march together toward victory.
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