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Eagle of Preparedness
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About this work
Paul Wayland Bartlett created Eagle of Preparedness in 1916, soon after the British ship Lusitania was sunk by the Germans. This event sparked a crusade for military “preparedness” in America, as many people realized that entry into World War I was inevitable. With his Eagle, Bartlett showed his support for the Allied cause and the movement to rearm.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEagle of Preparedness. 1916. Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III. CC0.
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