Banque National de Crédit French WWI 1916 Original PosterThis 1916 poster, full of exquisite detail, depicts a vast, modern French army marching underneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. In a reference to its triumphant history, a celestial column of Napoleon's Grand Army descends from the monument on a curling cloud and join their real life counterparts. Artist Franois Rude's lime statue, La Marseillaise, gloriously calls all to battle as if taking command and managing the traffic of the heavenly decedents.