Pour le drapeau! Pour la victoire! [For the flag! for victory!] Accession Number: ARTV06338

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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'. Text reads "For the flag! For victory! Subscribe to the National Loan with the Credit South-West Bordeaux". Depicts Marianne - the French national emblem and personification of liberty - standing on a laurel-strewn ground with Gallic headgear, belt and sandals; weilding a sword in one hand and a torn French flag in the other, she leads the troops lined up behind her into battle.

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Accession Number
ARTV06338
Artist
Georges Bertin Scott
Publisher
PARIS : BANQUE NATIONALE DE CREDIT, 1917 (PARIS : DEVAMBEZ)
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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