Part of the engraving series "Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre", better known as "Les Grandes Misères de la guerre". "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War" in English. Caption reads:"ce métal que Pluton dans ses veines enserre / qui fait en même temps, et la paix, et la guerre / attire le soldat, sans crainte des dangers, / du lieu de sa naissance aux pays étrangers / ou s'étant embarqué pour suivre la milice / il faut que sa vertu s'arme contre le vice": "this metal that Pluto holds in his veins , which makes both peace and war, entice the soldier unaware of dangers from his birthplace to foreign countries where, having been routed to follow the army, his decency will have to struggle against temptations".
Pluto means "rich" in greek, and is associated with precious thing extracted from earth.
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Scan of a postcard edited by Musée Lorrain