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Advertising poster for Trieste war exhibition
Lithograph, 99 x 64.2 cm, by G. Petronio, 1917
Imperial War Museums, London
 

A knight stands before a black horse, bearing a shield with the Austro-Hungarian double-headed eagle and holding the empire’s flag. The poster The Poster reflects Trieste’s Austro-Hungarian past and its borderland identity, showing the medieval knight in Austrian colours alongside a horse hinting at Mediterranean origins.