Institution royale de Messines
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Fouqueray, Charles, 1869-1956 Institution royale de Messines.
- Publication:
- [Belgium : Institution royale de Messines] ; Paris : Lapina imp., [1918]
- Language(s):
- French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Schools Fund Raising Foster Home Care World War I Institution royale de Messines.
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Multicolor poster with red and black lettering. Title at top of poster, along with additional text explaining the Institution's mission of serving the daughters of dead or crippled Belgian soldiers. Visual images are illustrations of two coats-of-arms and a scene of three young women laying a wreath at a grave. The cross above the grave is draped with the Belgian flag. Caption below the gravesite illustration refers to allies killed in the victory of the right or law. Lengthy additional text at bottom of poster requests funds for rebuilding the Institution and notes that the young women will tend local military graves.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 print (poster) : 118 x 80 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101450694 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A032173
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101450694