Creacutedit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France – Antique 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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Creacutedit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France
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This 1920 color lithograph by Abel Faivre sets a farmer at the plough beside rows of grave crosses, a pairing that makes its appeal immediately clear. It was issued under the name of the Crédit Lyonnais, the bank that handled subscriptions to the National Loan of 1920, which helped fund France's reconstruction after the First World War. The title, *Terre de France* ("French soil"), ties the bond drive to the devastated land of the north and east, suggesting that buying bonds was a way for ordinary citizens to help restore it. Faivre was a prominent illustrator whose work regularly appeared in the French press, and this poster shows how memories of wartime loss were woven into postwar economic appeals.
| Created / published | 1920 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 158 x 117 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Creacutedit Lyonnais. The 1920 National Loan. French soil. Signed: Abel Faivre. Another issue: POS - Fr .F35 no. 1a (same image 81 x 120 cm.). Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920. Item is no. 28 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. sponsor. |
| Subjects | Ploughing--1910-1920. Crosses--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,772 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 661_Creacutedit_Lyonnais_Em_1920 |
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