Societe Marseillaise

This poster depicts Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, (sometimes spelled de l'Isle), a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars and known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem. He is depicted in 17th century uniform with his right hand elevated and his left hand to his chest as he sings to rally French troops,'Come children of the fatherland, let's achieve the liberation of the people.' The poster is calling for subscriptions to subscribe to the war loan of freedom. There is another version of this poster which uses the same image and calls for the patriotism of the French people and is titled 'La Marseillaise'.