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Description: | Concept: historical reference, propaganda, royalty, portrait / personification, emblems, action, cartography, shipping, military personnel, uniform, women / womens work, animals, architecture, flag / banner / standard, trench / defences Description: whole: the main image occupies the centre left, centre and centre right, with smaller images positioned in the upper quarter and the lower quarter. Each image is held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned in the lower fifth, in black. The text is partially integrated and positioned across the whole, in black. All held within a decorative border and set against a white background. image: the main image is a map of the former territory of Sweden in northern Europe. The images at the top corners are portraits of Swedish figures - Gustavus Adolphus and Karl XII. The images in the lower corners are portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Hindenburg. The upper central image is a depiction of a battle. The lower central images are a depiction of a harbour filled with sailing ships and a photograph of an old wax seal. The border is decorated with two classical figures, two Cupids and organic imagery, such as laurel leaves. text: Gustaf Adolf Karl XII Slaget vid Narva [map has various place names] [artist's name - unreadable] Riga 1917 Kajser Wilhelm Hindenburg [text on wax seal - unreadable] Object: seal, ship, flag, laurel leaf, sword, map | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Associated Person: Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany Associated Person: Hindenburg, Paul von (Field Marshal) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3261... | Go to resource |
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