Économisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre
Poster
1915 (printed)
1915 (printed)
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Poster designed by a 14 year old schoolgirl, showing a plate of steaming potatoes with a fork stuck in one, set upon a blue and red plaid tablecloth, lettered "Économisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre" ("Save bread by eating potatoes")
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Title | Économisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre |
Materials and techniques | colour lithograph |
Brief description | Yvonne Vernet. 'Économisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre'. Poster issued during the First World War. France, 1915. |
Physical description | Poster designed by a 14 year old schoolgirl, showing a plate of steaming potatoes with a fork stuck in one, set upon a blue and red plaid tablecloth, lettered "Économisons le pain en mangeant des pommes de terre" ("Save bread by eating potatoes") |
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Credit line | Given by Sir Eric Maclagan, C.B.E. |
Object history | One of a series of designs produced by French schoolchildren for the Comité National de Prévoyance et d'Economies. (the French Committee for Welfare and Thrift) |
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Associated object | E.710-2000 (Duplicate) |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956. |
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Accession number | E.62-1943 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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