Crédit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France – Antique Print
![Crédit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France, Paris : Imp. Devambez, [1920] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/5901d00d29d8-L.webp)
(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 Crédit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Crédit Lyonnais. Emprunt National 1920. Terre de France
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A plowman guiding a team across a field marked with crosses gives this 1920 lithograph its particular charge: the furrows are being turned over the graves of the war dead. Abel Faivre, a caricaturist known for his satirical drawings, designed the poster for the 1920 National Loan, a government bond issue meant to help pay for rebuilding France after the First World War. Printed in Paris by Devambez and sponsored by the Crédit Lyonnais bank, the color lithograph ties the loan to the land itself, the "Terre de France" of its title, which had been fought over and was now being returned to cultivation.
| Created / published | Paris : Imp. Devambez, [1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 158 x 117 cm. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1910-1920.War posters French 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Crédit 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 |
| Subjects | Ploughing--1910-1920. Crosses--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,781 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214200 |
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