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C'est a nous mere, epouse, amante, de donner, comme il plait a Dieu, la couronne au vainqueur qui chante, au martyr, le baiser d'adieu! // [It is our mother, wife, lover, giving, as it pleases God, the crown to the winner who sings, the martyr, the farewe.
1915
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 09/GC077/Half Folio/20th c./World War 1/Artists A-H GA 2012.01556
- Publisher
- 1915.
- People
-
- Author
- Willette, Adolphe, 1857-1926
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—20th century
- France—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France. Army—History—World War, 19141918—Caricatures and cartoons
- World War, 1914-1918—Peace—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- World War, 1914-1918—Casualties—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Families—France—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grief in art
- Marianne (French emblem)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Symbolism in art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- C'est a nous mere, epouse, amante, de donner, comme il plait a Dieu, la couronne au vainqueur qui chante, au martyr, le baiser d'adieu! // [It is our mother, wife, lover, giving, as it pleases God, the crown to the winner who sings, the martyr, the farewe.
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 09/GC077/Half Folio/20th c./World War 1/Artists A-H GA 2012.01556
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc3t9465208
- Publisher
- 1915.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1915
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 40 x 54 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature; World War I scene. Procession of victorious French soldiers with Marianne hovering above in background, wife grieving over dying husband in foreground.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Devambez, gr.".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "A. Willette // 1915".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—France—20th century
- France—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- France. Army—History—World War, 19141918—Caricatures and cartoons
- World War, 1914-1918—Peace—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Europe—History, Military—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- World War, 1914-1918—Casualties—France—Caricatures and cartoons
- Families—France—20th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Grief in art
- Marianne (French emblem)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Symbolism in art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/82b180d0-f0cd-4e8b-9cf9-ca444a061d14/manifest