Soldat, la patrie compte sur toi...resiste aux seductions de la rue ...[Soldier, the country relies on you...Resist seduction in the street]

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ARTV04862
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 79 x 60 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description lithograph on paper
Maker Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre
[PARIS : S.N.], 1916 (PARIS : BERGER - LEVRAULT)
Berger-Levrault
Place made France: Paris
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

French First World War poster warning soldiers to resist the seduction of prostitutes in the street, as those men who succumbed to temptation might become infected with a venereal disease and die without honour. A woman and a soldier are depicted embracing on the left of the poster, while a man seated outside a hospital on the right appears to be ill and suffering. The head of a soldier surrounded by laurel is seen at upper centre and a skull and cross bones at lower centre. The poster presents the viewer with the choice between a glorious or ignominious death.