Pour le Foyer du Soldat Aveugle – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Pour le Foyer du Soldat Aveugle, 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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Pour le Foyer du Soldat Aveugle
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The green lettering on this 1917 French lithograph announces its purpose: a appeal on behalf of the Foyer du Soldat Aveugle, or home for blind soldiers. The image shows a blind serviceman embraced by children, a sentimental scene that matches the poster's listed themes of blind veterans, children, and hugging. Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, the symbolist painter whose signature appears on the sheet, made it while France was caring for many men blinded in combat or by gas. Posters like this asked the public to give money directly to that care.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (speia with green lettering) ; 80 x 120 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: On behalf of the blind soldiers home. Signed: Leacutevy Dhurmer. Promotional goal: Fr. G2. 1917. Item is no. 182 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BYC · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Blind persons--France--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. World War 1914-1918--Children--French. Hugging--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,819 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 313_Pour_le_Foyer_du_Soldat_1917 |
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