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France's Day, 1919

Raemaekers, Louis, 1919, Chromolithograph
France's Day, 1919
France's Day, 1919
France's Day, 1919
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Item no
33515
Title
France's Day, 1919
Description
"The signing of the Peace Treaty by the Allies and the German Delegates on 28th June 1919 in the Hall of the Mirrors at Versailles, marked the crowning triumph of France. For many years, since 1871, she had lived under the humiliation of a treaty, signed under threats, that robbed her of Alsace, and left her always under the menace of German militarism.

When the Treaty was signed M. Clemenceau, Mr. Lloyd George, and Mr. Wilson emerged from the Hall on to the terrace, where a vast crowd acclaimed them, breaking down the barriers and surrounding the three statesmen. Later Paris witnessed the great triumphal procession of the Armies of the Allies, and for the first time since 1870 the Arc de Triomphe was thrown open to enable the laurelled armies to march through."
Artist / maker
Date
1919
Size
32.7 x 25.6 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.