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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
Sottoscrivete al Prestito
Giovanni Capranesi (1852-1921) · Italian national war loan, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A poster Giovanni Capranesi made for the Italian war loan in 1917, 135 by 100 cm, photographed from the sheet in the Eybl collection at the Vienna poster museum.
Why it matters
The title means subscribe to the loan. The Eybl record reads the image through Italy's view of itself as an heir, defending its walls against German barbarians who come over the mountains murdering and burning.
What to notice
Italy as a woman in armour, sword raised, before the city battlements and the Italian flag.
The battlements, defended by subscription.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Giovanni Capranesi (1852-1921)
- Campaign
- War Bonds
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Italian national war loan, 1917
- Source
- Sammlung Eybl, Plakatmuseum Wien (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-old, PD-old-text).
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