Joseph
Pennell
was born in Philadelphia in 1860. He worked as a clerk while he took
evening classes at the Pennsylvania School of
Industrial Art. After a period at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts he left in 1880 to become a full-time illustrator.
Pennell settled in London in 1884 where
he lectured at the Slade School of Art.
His illustrations appeared in The Graphic,
Pall Mall and The
English Illustrated. Books that he illustrated included
The Jew at Home (1892) and A
Little Tour in France (1900). During the First
World War Pennell produce propaganda posters for the government
of the USA. Joseph Pennell
died in 1926.
Joseph Pennell, USA poster (1917)
(1)
Charles Chaplin, speech in Washington
attempting to persuade the American people to buy Liberty Bonds (1918)
The Germans are at your
door! We've got to stop them! And we will stop them if you buy Liberty
Bonds! Remember, each bond you buy will save a soldier's life - a
mother's son - will bring this war to an early victory!
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