Franccedilais souscrivez au deuxieacuteme Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale – Vintage Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Franccedilais souscrivez au deuxieacuteme Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Franccedilais souscrivez au deuxieacuteme Emprunt de la Deacutefense Nationale
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Its call to "Frenchmen, subscribe to the second National Defense Loan" makes this 1916 two-color lithograph a direct appeal to citizens rather than a general patriotic image, and the signature of Bernard Naudin identifies its artist. By 1916 France was paying for a long and costly war largely through domestic borrowing, and loans like this asked ordinary people to lend their savings to the state in exchange for interest. The flags among its subjects link national duty to the purchase of bonds, a pairing common in French wartime posters. The print is also listed as item 58 in a printed checklist, which suggests it was recorded as a representative example of this bond campaign.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph (two colors) ; 118 x 80 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Frenchmen subscribe to the second National Defense Loan. Signed: Bernard Naudin 1916. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1916. Item is no. 58 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Flags--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,797 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 836_Franccedilais_souscrive_1916 |
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