POSTER: 'THE GUERRE IS OVER', ALAN MAURICE LEWIS

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Alan Morris Lewis

1918

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Overview

Poster showing a girl with a party frock on and a red flower in her dark brown hair, holding hands with a man dressed in a Pierrot style costume. The heading reads: 'The guerre is over so chuck off your khaki klobber, don mufti and come to the fancy dress ball 15th November at Flixecourt Hall' [France]. Between the couple is written: 'Bring your Mademoiselle!' This poster was painted in watercolour by A.M. Lewis, 6th Australian Field Ambulance. The Ball was held only 4 days after the Armistice. This poster was painted in water colour by Alan Maurice Lewis, artist with the 6th Australian Field Ambulance. Flixecourt is a town in the Somme river valley, close to Villers-Bretonneux where some of the fiercest battles of World War I were fought.

Frame: Brown wood frame with gold interior. Reframed on Acid free backing board.

Historical information

Poster showing a girl with a party frock on and a red flower in her dark brown hair, holdding hands with a man dressed in a peirrot style costume. The heading reads: 'The guerre is over so chuck off your khaki klobber, don mufti and come to the fancy dress ball 15th November at Flixecourt Hall' [France]. The poster was painted in watercolour by A.M. Lewis, 6th Australian Field Ambulance. The ball was held only 4 days after the Armistice.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1992.55

Item type

Artworks

Material

Paper

Inscriptions and markings

Alan Morris Lewis

Keywords

World War I

DAGLISH, Edith Rae

Art, Artworks

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LEWIS, Alan Maurice

Year

1918

Statement of significance

A poster celebrating the end of World War I - a fancy dress ball has been arranged.
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