Affiche Composée par les Enfants de France #1
France, c.1918's11 x 15 in (28 x 38 cm)
ID #CHAMBERTUBE57-E-13
"Affiche Composée par les Enfants de France / pour la Prévoyance et les Économies / APPEL = du Comité National de prévoyance et d'économies / Union Française Association Nationale pour l'expansion morale et matérielle de la France"
Translation: "Poster Created by the Children of France / for Thrift and Savings / APPEAL = from the National Committee for Thrift and Savings / French Union – National Association for the Moral and Material Expansion of France"
The French government turned to French schoolchildren to design war propaganda during the First World War. Only sixteen posters from the hundreds of submissions were printed and drawn by girls aged 13–16, giving power to the female voice.
Printer: Union Française
Condition: Fair - oxidation dots throughout, gentle fold lines at the bottom border, tearing at the top, bottom, and right borders
Material: Paper
Please note that all sizes are approximate.
