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Description: | Henri Boutet
image: To the centre right of the composition stands a three-quarter length portrait of Marianne at the tribune. Facing
the viewer, her extended right arm is upraised, her left hand holds the edge of the table. She is dressed in classical costume, her
breasts exposed; her mouth wide open in patriotic declamation. (This part of the composition is a reworking of the portfolio design, see
IWM Bute 177). Behind Marianne, standing at a more highly placed tribune, a formally dressed figure in white tie and tails, (an usher from
the Chamber of Deputies) holds in his right hand a hand bell the edge of which rests upon the table. In the background, moving left in
profile, flies a winged Nike (Victory), her right hand holding a short Gallic sword, her upraised left grasping the pole of the
Tricolour.
No. 8 in incomplete series of ten lithographs 'Les Mots et les Maux de la Guerre'; portfolio folder is IWM BUTE 177,
individual prints are part-numbered | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory women / womens work Victory proclamations civilian morale First World War Propaganda Marianne | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Boutet, Henri | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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