Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France

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Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France
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  • Title :     Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France
  • Artist:     Maurice Greiffenhagen Artist
  • Accession:     85.4.64.4
  • Country:     Great Britain
  • Date:     1917
  • Dimensions:     Inches 33 22-1/2 Dimensions, matted Inches 30-1/2 20-1/4 Dimensions, sheet, Centimeters 83.8 57.2 Dimensions, matted Centimeters 77.5 51.4 Dimensions, sheet
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Nationalism , Propaganda , Figurative , World War I 1914-1918
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     85.4.64.4.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Ink on paper lithograph from the portfolio entitled THE GREAT WAR: BRITAIN'S EFFORTS AND IDEALS; one of twelve lithographs from a series entitled "The Ideals" that was issued in 1918; depicts two figures in peasant attire hugging a third figure who is holding a sword that is pointed towards the ground.