Lundi matin, le Maire de Lille a recu, du general Birdwood, la lettre [Monday morning the Mayor of Lille received a letter from General Birdwood] Accession Number: ARTV07476

Description

Reproduction of a letter to the Mayor of Lille from General Birdwood announcing the cessation of all hostilities as agreed to by Marshall Foch at 11 o'clock, 11th November, 1918. This is a text based poster with no images. The text is printed in black ink on a background of pink tissue paper.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV07476
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Imp. Administrative et Commerade a Gutenberg
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 85.3 x 61.8 cm [irregular]
Medium
offset lithograph on tissue paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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