1914! Les Assassins! – Historic Poster 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.)
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1914! Les Assassins! comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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1914! Les Assassins!
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Its title, *1914! Les Assassins!* ("1914! The Murderers!"), places the blame on the German emperor and the eagles that the record names as its subjects, at the very start of the First World War. Maurice Neumont signed the lithograph in 1914, and his inscription dedicates it to Hansi, the Alsatian illustrator Jean-Jacques Waltz, whose caricatures of Germans were widely reproduced in France. Posters like this one circulated during the war's first year to rally public opinion behind the French army and to cast the conflict as a crime rather than a contest between nations.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 49 x 32 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: 1914! The murderers! Signed: Maurice Neumont 1914. Artists inscription on stone: A mon brave ami Hansi. Promotional goal: Fr. J49. 1914. Item is no. 151 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AGE · United States. Resettlement Administration publisher. |
| Subjects | Propaganda--French--1910-1920. Emperors--German--1910-1920. Eagles--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 610 × 892 px |
| Reference | 561_1914_Les_Assassins_1914.tif-S |
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