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Visi di rose (Face like a rose), 1920s

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A White female nurse with eyes closed and only head visible, in front of the Red Cross symbol.

  • Topic:

    Archetypes

  • Creator:

    Giovanni Nanni (1888–1969)

  • Publisher:

    Italian Red Cross
  • A White female nurse with eyes closed and only head visible, in front of the Red Cross symbol.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    [Signature] Nanni
    Visi di rose, anime di quercie certo da un mondo bianco discendeste oggi, quaggiù, per dirci ancora il bene che noi tutto obliammo nelle pene.

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    [Signature] Nanni
    Faces in pink, fortitude of an oak surely you descend from an immaculate world today to remind us about the good in this life that we fail to remember because of our sorrows.

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