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Beat Barbarism! Buy Bonds

Poster
ca. 1943 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hullor (artist)
Place of origin
United States (made)

A racist caricature of a buck-toothed Japanese man in a fatigue cap, wearing a moustache and round glasses. A large and rather grotesque figure with "THE JAPS" tattooed on his left forearm. He is standing on the gave of an American pilot, unearthing it. A large clump of earth is printed "BARBARISM".


Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleBeat Barbarism! Buy Bonds (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paper and ink
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"Beat Barbarism! Buy Bonds" Second World War poster for war bonds; cartoon by Hullor [unclear] from The Philadelphia Inquirer. USA, ca.1943.
Physical description
A racist caricature of a buck-toothed Japanese man in a fatigue cap, wearing a moustache and round glasses. A large and rather grotesque figure with "THE JAPS" tattooed on his left forearm. He is standing on the gave of an American pilot, unearthing it. A large clump of earth is printed "BARBARISM".
Marks and inscriptions
  • What are you doing about this?
  • "THE JAPS" ("tatooed" on grotesque figure's arm, within image)
  • Beat Barbarism!/ Buy Bonds/ They Gave Their Lives.. You Lend Your Money
  • Hullor (signed within image)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production
image
Subjects depicted
Propaganda
War
Race
Racism
Caricature
World War II
Place depicted
United States
Other number
LS.2437 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.980-2004

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Record createdOctober 21, 2004
Record URL
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