Orphelinat des armeacutee / Frank Brangwyn. – 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 Orphelinat des armeacutee / Frank Brangwyn., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Orphelinat des armeacutee / Frank Brangwyn.
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Lilies, a cemetery, and a mother with children set this Frank Brangwyn poster apart from the soldier-and-flag imagery common in British war art. Printed in London around 1915, this French-language lithograph is an appeal on behalf of orphaned children, and its text promises a home, maternal tenderness, schooling in the country, a suitable trade for each child, and the religion of their fathers. Brangwyn, born in Bruges, drew on his ties to Belgium, and the poster shows how wartime appeals used images of innocence and loss to raise support for civilian victims of the fighting.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 153 x 101 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Assurer aux petits orphelins: Le foyer et la tendresse maternelle Leacuteducation au pays Une carriegravere approprieacutee a chaque enfant La religion de leurs pegraveres. Title from item. · United States. Fuel Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. Mothers & children--Belgium--1910-1920. Cemeteries--Belgium--1910-1920. Lilies--Belgium--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,034 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 485_Orphelinat_des_armeacut_1915 |
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