Les Atrocités Allemandes (40) [German Artocities - 40]

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Object description

image: Drafting across the composition from left to right is Kaiser Wilhelm II, draped in an exaggeratedly long ermine robe which sweeps the ground and trails behind him. His head is turned to the left staring in horror at the ground, his left hand raised. The ground is an endless field of human skulls and bones; two carrion crows, at either end of the composition peck at the detritus. In the background, against a blackened sky a further ten crows wheel and hover.

Object details

Category

Art

Creator

Domergue, Jean-Gabriel

Production date

1915-05

Materials

Support: paper, laid

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 325 mm, Width 502 mm

Image: Height 260 mm, Width 421 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM BUTE 238

Part of

Bute Collection of Fine and Popular Prints [Part 2]

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