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Title	Journée du Calvados [Calvados Day]
Collection	Imperial War Museum: Posters of Conflict - The Visual Culture of Public Information and Counter Information
Artist	Léandre, Charles Lucien
Printer	Devambez Imprimerie, Paris
Publisher/Sponsor	Œuvres de Guerre du Département
Creator Date Of Birth	1862
Creator Date Of Death	1934
Date	1916
Concept	charities, military personnel, civilian effort, POW, refugees, women / womens work, wounded / disabled, action, costume / fashion, animals
Description	whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title and text separate and positioned lower right, in brown, and in blue. All set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a woman wearing a long black dress and a black hat decorated with flowers. She holds out a collection tin in her right hand. In the background is a scene of French troops charging into battle, including standard bearers and an officer on horseback. Some of the soldiers are wounded, including one who is on crutches. text: JOURNÉE DU CALVADOS 23 Juillet 1916 [additional text strip] Au profit des ŒUVRES DE GUERRE DU DÉPARTEMENT pour les combattants '' les blessés '' les convalescents '' les mutilés '' les réfugiés '' les prisonniers C Léandre 1915 DEVAMBEZ GR. PARIS [Calvados Day. 23 July 1916. For the benefit of the department's war charities, for the combatants, the wounded, the convalescents, the disabled, the refugees, the prisoners.]
Object	collection box, hat, crutch, sword
Id Number Current Accession	IWM PST 11227
Location Creation Site	France
Measurements Dimensions	1198 mm x 798 mm
Format Series Notes	Additional text strip inscribed '23 Juillet 1916' added over original text '15 Août 1915'.
Event	WW1 French Home Front
Related Country	France FR
Biographical Notes	Charles Lucien Léandre was a caricaturist and painter born in Champsecret in France. He began his artistic career as a painter, exhibiting portraits and genre pictures at the Salon in Paris in 1887. However, he achieved greater fame with his comic drawings and caricatures. He sketched for various saticial magazines, such as 'L'Illustration', 'L'Assiette au Beurre', 'Le Rire', 'Le Gaulois' and 'Le Figaro'. He also designed posters for the theatre and cabaret, including the infamous 'Chat Noir' in Paris.
Text Language	French
Rights	Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and gain permission for use of the images within this collection. We would be grateful for any information concerning copyright and will withdraw images immediately on copyright holder’s request.
Style Period Period	1914-1918
Work Type	poster