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Lucien Jonas

1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children,

Maker

  • Henri Chachoin
  • Lucien Jonas

Title

1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Techniques

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Lightweight cream wove paper

Dimensions

80.5 x 60.5 cm (31 11/16 x 23 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

title lithographed in top margin: 1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; lithographed in bottom margin: 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children / AMERICAN OUVROIR FUNDS. 681, FIFTH AVENUE. NEW-YORK / Annual Allowances for support and education of French War Orphans / Official Representative of Following French War Orphan Societies - (1) Association Nationale Francaise pour la Protection des Familles des Morts pour la Patrie - (2) Assistance Mutuelle des Veuves de la Guerre. - (3) Adoption des Orphelin de la Mer. - (4) La Saint-Cyrienne. - (5) La Bretagne. - (6) La Reunion Amicale. - (7) OEuvre des Bourses. - (8) OEuvre Catholique de l'Education Secondaire des Orphelins de la Guerre. - (9) Union Lorraine; printer name lithographed in LL quadrant of image: Imp. H. CHACHOIN PARIS; lithographed in LR quadrant of image: VISE No 12326; signed and dated in stone in LR quadrant of image: (illegible) / 1918; artist signature on verso: (illegible)

Label: sticker on LL corner of verso: E A / 1922

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

19.174

1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children

title lithographed in top margin: 1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; lithographed in bottom margin: 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children / AMERICAN OUVROIR FUNDS. 681, FIFTH AVENUE. NEW-YORK / Annual Allowances for support and education of French War Orphans / Official Representative of Following French War Orphan Societies - (1) Association Nationale Francaise pour la Protection des Familles des Morts pour la Patrie - (2) Assistance Mutuelle des Veuves de la Guerre. - (3) Adoption des Orphelin de la Mer. - (4) La Saint-Cyrienne. - (5) La Bretagne. - (6) La Reunion Amicale. - (7) OEuvre des Bourses. - (8) OEuvre Catholique de l'Education Secondaire des Orphelins de la Guerre. - (9) Union Lorraine; printer name lithographed in LL quadrant of image: Imp. H. CHACHOIN PARIS; lithographed in LR quadrant of image: VISE No 12326; signed and dated in stone in LR quadrant of image: (illegible) / 1918; artist signature on verso: (illegible)

Label: sticker on LL corner of verso: E A / 1922

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is 1778-1783. America owes France the most Unalterable gratitude; 1917...French Comrade your children shall be as our children with the accession number of 19.174. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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