...il faut maintenant souscrire a l'Emprunt [...we must subscribe to the loan]

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Accession Number ARTV00086
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 121 x 78 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description colour lithograph on paper
Maker Scott, Georges Bertin
Avenir - Publicite
Joseph - Charles
Place made France: Paris
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This poster depicts a worn and tattered French flag. The central white panel there is a list of battle honours for regions in France (la Marne, l'Yser, Champagne, Verdun, Artois, Argonne, l'Aisne, la Somme, l'Alsace, les Flandres), and asks for subscribers to a loan for postwar reconstruction at Credit L'ouest, 13 Boulevard Hausseman, Paris.

Georges Scott Bertin (French, 1873-1942) was a successful artist who painted portraits of many notable international figures. Scott worked as a reporter and illustrator during the First World War, often featuring in the French journal 'L'Illustration'.