The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In the trenches, a soldier stands looking off into the distance of the rising sun at dawn as he holds a bayonet at the ready. This a poignant moment in which the soldier dreams of victory and his fireside.
The artist Lieutenant Jean Droit was studying in Belgium when he was called up to served in 1914 with the mobilisation of France. In the prime of his youth, he had his first exhibition of watercolours in 1911 at the 'Galerie du Roy' in Brussels. He became known for his posters and he had mulitple exhibitions in France and for a while he worked as a designer for the manufacturer of porcelein Sèvres.
In the trenches, a soldier stands looking off into the distance of the rising sun at dawn as he holds a bayonet at the ready. This a poignant moment in which the soldier dreams of victory and his fire
French poster featuring the return of Strasbourg to France, with a band leading a march past old houses and church decorated with French flags, seeking subscribers to the third national defence loan '
French poster featuring the return of Strasbourg to France, with a band leading a march past old houses and church decorated with French flags, seeking subscribers to the third national defence loan '
A woman stands with her three children watching as her husband waves farewell as he joins the troops which are heading off to war, beneath the image the artist has included the text 'N'oublie pas de s
Depicts a French soldier planting a tattered flag with the word 'Liberte' in a globe. The poster was fund raising for the 3rd National Defence loan.
The Illustration shows a woman wearing a simple blue dress and a white head scarf holds a baby in her left arm and in her right hand she holds an olive branch. A large figure of a man holding a sword