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The French were not her only devotees; the English and American governments used her to advertise war savings bonds. The female figure was designed to serve as an inspiration to men and an example to women.
Bert Thomas. Joan of Arc Saved France; Women of Britain, Save Your Country. War Savings certificate poster.
- US War Poster
Joan was also featured in literature and music that addressed the issues of WW I; Joan of Arc,They are Calling You was printed and re-printed .
In Van Dyke's short story,"The Broken
Soldier and the Maid of France:,
she appears to a French soldier who has lost his courage and enables him to
return to the front. The original
illustrations for this story were
painted by Frank Schoonover, a student
of Howard Pyle's at Drexel University
and, like Pyle, an illustrator who
established the visual tastes of the
American reading public.
Henry Van Dyke. "The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France". Harper's Magazine, Dec. 1918, v. 138, n. 823, p. 1-13. .
The French regularly invoked Joan's aid in the war effort. The Germans bombed Reims Cathedral, the traditional site of the coronation of French kings, in September 1914, and the offense promptly became an essential part of the visual vocabulary of anti-German propaganda.
Jean d'Arc a Guillaume
devant Reims. After Boulanger, c.1915
Seymour Adelman Fund.- Le Sacre. Paris: D.
Michaud, c.1915.
In these postcards (above)Joan comes to the defense of her country. Kaiser Wilhelm is chained in one image, in the other he faces a torrent of abuse; in both he is described as King of the Vandals.
The brief poem Hommage a Jeanne-d'Arc offers thanks to Joan -
called a saint though she had not yet been canonized - on the occasion of the signing of the Peace. The little flier was preserved in a folder (below) decorated by hand with a collage made entirely of shapes cut from French postage stamps, and signed by Hélène Dinel. The figure is based on Ingres' painting of Joan at the coronation of Charles VII.
Lucy Garnier. Hommage a Jeanne d'Arc. Rouen, 1919.
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