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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Cardinal Mercier: Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de venir en aide
George Illian (1894-1932) · United States Food Administration, 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 colour lithograph George Illian drew for the United States Food Administration in 1917, its text in French, 70 by 52 cm.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress gives the sense: Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions. The French text asks for less bread, meat, fat and sugar, and for more to be sent to the victims of the war in France, Belgium and Italy.
What to notice
A portrait of Cardinal Mercier and his appeal in French. Illian drew the same appeal in English as well.
A cardinal's plea, carried across the Atlantic.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George Illian (1894-1932)
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War · Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Food Administration, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002711994 · POS - US .I55, no. 4 a (C size) [P&P]
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 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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