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
Collection
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.