Français! Souscrivez Tous au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale (Frenchmen! All Subscribe to the 4th National Defence Loan)

A classical helmeted female figure in a roundel sits above a quotation attributed to Clemenceau, 'It remains for the living to complete the magnificent work of the dead,' and a call to all French people to subscribe to the fourth war loan, which the notaries take without charge. The tell is the borrowed authority of the head of government and of the fallen, which turns a financial subscription into a duty owed to the dead.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TestimonialIdentity fusion

Date

1918

Period

First World War

Made by

Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine

Region

Western and Central Europe

Country

France

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

Corporation

Regime

Clemenceau Government

Leader

Georges Clemenceau

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Fundraise

Themes

War and the military, Economy and finance, Home front

Event

World War I

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Compagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-16.

Compagnie des Notaires
de Paris & du Département de la Seine

Il reste aux vivants à parachever
l'œuvre magnifique des morts
Clémenceau

Français!
Souscrivez Tous
au
4ème Emprunt
de la Défense Nationale
On souscrit sans frais chez tous les Notaires

V-SA 13.376
Devambez, Paris

Company of Notaries
of Paris and of the Department of the Seine

It remains for the living to complete
the magnificent work of the dead.
Clemenceau

Frenchmen!
All subscribe
to the
4th Loan
of National Defence.
One subscribes free of charge at every Notary's office.

V-SA 13.376
Devambez, Paris