Le Marseillaise

Title

Le Marseillaise

Subject

Color lithograph, World War I

Description

The poster depicts Claude-Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, a French army officer from the French Revolutionary Wars, leading a column of french World War I soldiers into battle while singing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

Creator

Jacques Carlu (French Artist, Architect, 1890-1976)

Source

WheatonCollege Permanent Collection

Publisher

Wheaton College

Date

1918

Contributor

Wesley Gallant
Christopher Lobo

Rights

Copyright by Wheaton College, all rights reserved.

Relation

N/A for permanent collection objects, for non-permanent collection.

Format

Ink on Paper

Language

French

Type

Color lithograph

Identifier

#361196

Coverage

ca.1914-1918

Files

SS35503_35503_19811615.jpg

Citation

Jacques Carlu (French Artist, Architect, 1890-1976), “Le Marseillaise,” Wheaton College Permanent Collection: Engaging with Objects, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wheatoncollectionclassuse.omeka.net/items/show/195.