Liberte, liberte cherie, conduis, soutiens nosbras vengeurs (Liberty, liberty beloved, lead, support our armed avengers)

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number ARTV01251
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38.2 x 48.4 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description photoengraving
Maker Carlu, Natacha
Free French Press and Information Service
Unknown
Place made United States of America
Date made 1940-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown

Description

American poster issued at the time of the Second World War advocating for the Freedom of the French Press. The poster depicts the head of the Statue of Liberty behind Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic, with sword in her hand as Nike (Victory) on the Arc de Triomphe, text: 'Liberty, beloved Liberty, lead, support our armed avengers'