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Un poliu a Petain – Vintage Wall Art

Un poliu a Petain, [1914?] — historic print
Un poliu a Petain, [1914?]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Its French title, *Un poilu à Pétain*, places an ordinary infantryman, the *poilu* of the First World War, in relation to General Philippe Pétain, who rose to fame defending Verdun in 1916. Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, a Paris artist known for his cabaret posters and cat drawings, made many lithographs during the war showing soldiers and the families they left behind. The catalog dates the sheet to about 1914, but that date is unverified, and the print may well come from later in the war, when Pétain's name carried far more weight with the public.

Created / published[1914?]
Medium1 print.
SubjectsLithograph by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen. Straight Collection (Box 24). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI--Troops, French; Family groups; Publ. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,217 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171773

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