Debout dans la trancheacutee que laurore eacuteclaire le soldat reacuteve aacute la victoire et aacute son foyer. Souscrivez au 3e Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Debout dans la trancheacutee que laurore eacuteclaire le soldat reacuteve aacute la victoire et aacute son foyer. Souscrivez au 3e Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Debout dans la trancheacutee que laurore eacuteclaire le soldat reacuteve aacute la victoire et aacute son foyer. Souscrivez au 3e Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale
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A French soldier stands in a trench at dawn, gazing past the parapet as the first sunlight falls across him, while the caption describes him dreaming of victory and home. Issued in 1917, the color lithograph urges viewers to subscribe to the third National Defense Loan, one of several war bond drives the French government ran to finance the fighting by borrowing from its own citizens. The poster is signed by Lieutenant Jean Droit, which lends it the air of an officer's view of the front. Its tender, almost pastoral mood was typical of home-front appeals that paired the hardships of the trenches with the hope of return.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 115 x 80 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Standing in the trench illuminated by the first rays of the sun the soldier dreams of victory and of his home . . . Subscribe to the 3rd National Defense Loan. Slightly different version: POS - Fr .D76 no. 1 (lettering in faded brown). Signed: Lieut. Jean Droit 226. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1917. Item is no. 22 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,799 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1306_Debout_dans_la_tranchea_1917 |
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