Description
The image occupies the majority, and is held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in brown. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in brown. All set against a white background.The image of a woman wearing traditional costume from Alsace, including a white bonnet and clogs, holds a collection tin. A wounded French soldier, wearing two medals and with a bandaged head, stands by her side, leaning on a crutch. In the background are trees and a church spire. The poster was produced to request donations on the 'Day of Orne' to profit the efforts of the war department for the relief of the sick and injured.
Translation of the title: Day of Orne. 17 October 1915.
Details
Accession Number
ARTV00070
Artist
Charles-Lucien Leandre
Publisher
[S.L. : S.N.], 1915
Publisher
Devambez Imprimerie
Medium
colour lithograph on paper
Credit Line
presented 1920
Copyright
Copyright unknown
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