1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre – Vintage Poster 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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A window into the past: 1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre
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Marianne, the figure who personifies the French Republic, anchors this 1917 poster, and the drums that appear beside her signal a call to the public. The poster promotes a week-long campaign for Charente-Inférieure, a department on France's Atlantic coast, during the First World War, when wartime loans and appeals depended on public enthusiasm. Adolphe Willette, a Montmartre illustrator known for his satirical and sentimental work, signed it with the patriotic line "Vive la nation!" and dated it 1917.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 118 x 81 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: 1917 - Week of the Charente Infre [Infeacuterieure]. Signed: Vive la nation! A. Willette 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1917. Item is no. 135 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. ADE · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Marianne (French emblem)--1910-1920. Drums--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 606 × 892 px |
| Reference | 559_1917_Semaine_de_la_Char_1917.tif-S |
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