Le Secours de Guerre – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Le Secours de Guerre, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Le Secours de Guerre
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Few posters from the First World War pair a relief appeal with a police theme, and this color lithograph by Maurice Romberg does both. Signed and dated 1916, it was printed in the middle of the war, when French civilian charities were raising money for families and others hurt by the fighting. The subject headings for the work also list police, a reminder that the home front was policed and organized as well as fed and funded. The poster's large format, 125 by 90 centimeters, suggests it was meant to be seen from a distance on city streets.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 125 x 90 cm. |
| Notes | Signed: Maurice Romberg 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. G2. 1916. Item is no. 187 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYC · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | War relief--France--1910-1920. Police--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,776 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1515_Le_Secours_de_Guerre_1916 |
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