Belgian Red Cross (donations poster, London)
A nurse with angel's wings and a Red Cross armband tends a wounded soldier in front of a huge black-yellow-red Belgian tricolour, under the title 'Belgian Red Cross', with London donation addresses below. The wings and the flag lend sacred and national prestige to the act of giving.
- Date
- 1915
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Belgian Red Cross, London appeal committee; artist Charles Buchel
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- De Broqueville Government
- Leader
- Charles de Broqueville
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain in the U.S. (published before 1931); LOC: 'No known restrictions on publication'
Buchel, Charles, artist. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-11243.
Text on the object
BELGIAN [red cross symbol] RED CROSS DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE HON. TREASURER, THE RHT. HON. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, OR TO THE PRESIDENT, BARON C. GOFFINET. 28, GROSVENOR GARDENS, S.W. COPIES OF THIS POSTER MAY BE OBTAINED PRICE 1/- EACH FROM 28, GROSVENOR GARDENS, S.W. [signature within the picture, lower right] CHARLES BUCHEL [printer's imprint line at foot: illegible]
A red cross symbol stands between BELGIAN and RED CROSS in the title panel. The small printer's imprint at the foot of the sheet is too small to read at the hosted resolution.
