Souscrivez agrave lEmprunt de la Libeacuteration – 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 Souscrivez agrave lEmprunt de la Libeacuteration, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Souscrivez agrave lEmprunt de la Libeacuteration
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Few posters on this board tie so closely to a specific place. This 1918 color lithograph pairs French soldiers and a flag with women of Alsace, the province whose return to France was a central goal of the war. Signed by Henri Royer, it promoted the Emprunt de la Libération, or Liberation Loan, a French government bond drive that asked ordinary citizens to lend money to the state. Posters like this were a major tool of wartime finance, turning patriotic feeling into subscriptions. The record notes three other printed versions of the design, which differ slightly in size and in the text along the bottom border.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 80 x 60 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Signed: Henri Royer. Three other issues: POS - Fr .R69 no. 2 (with text on bottom border 81 x 60 cm.) POS - Fr .R69 no. 2a (81 x 61 cm.) POS - Fr .R69 no. 2b (80 x 60 cm.). Woodward Lothrop donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1918. Item is no. 73 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Preissig Vojtech artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. Women--France--Alsace--1910-1920. Flags--French--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,772 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 943_Souscrivez_agrave_lEmpr_1918 |
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