Carte symbolique de l'Europe (LOC)

Crétée, B.,, artist.

 

Carte symbolique de l'Europe Guerre libératrice de 1914-1915 /

 

[Paris] : Éditions G.D., [1915]

 

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 48 x 57 cm.

 

Notes:

Print shows satirical map of Europe in 1914 that depicts national symbols and stereotypes to represent countries, including England as ships, Germany as a bull charging at French Marianne riding a cockerel as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia pokes the German bull.

Title from item.

Library copy is hand-colored. DLC

Straight number: 589. DLC

Served by appointment only (Unprocessed). To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials," www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html

Forms part of: Straight collection of French graphic art relating to World War I (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Symbols--1910-1920.

Ethnic stereotypes--1910-1920.

Europe--1910-1920.

 

Format: Satires (Visual works)--1910-1920.

Maps--1910-1920.

Lithographs--Hand-colored--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.41006

 

Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1978:R01 [item]

 

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