Save Serbia our ally. Send contributions to Serbian Relief Committee of America – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Save Serbia our ally. Send contributions to Serbian Relief Committee of America, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Asking American readers to "save Serbia our ally," this 1916 color lithograph by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen directs donations to the Serbian Relief Committee of America. It is catalogued under Serbian military personnel and refugees, reflecting the fate of a nation that had been overrun by Austro-Hungarian, German and Bulgarian forces in late 1915. The retreat of Serbia's army across the mountains of Albania cost many lives to exposure, hunger and disease. Steinlen was better known in Paris for his illustrations of city life, and his graphic style gives this wartime appeal its emotional force.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 92 x 60 cm. |
| Notes | Signed: Steinlen 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. G2. 1916//Fr. J48. 1916. Item is no. 147 192 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYC//AFE · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--Serbian. World War 1914-1918--Refugees--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,752 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1630_Save_Serbia_our_ally_Se_1916 |
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