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Slow Asphyxiation

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Date:

ca. 1916.

Reference:

R4495-2-0-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3984392

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Sidney Clarke Ells fonds

Sidney Clarke Ells collection

Slow Asphyxiation
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1916.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : colour photomechanical reproduction, mounted on board

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Print is a photomechanical reproduction of a drawing by Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers, who produced anti-German cartoons during the First World War. Image depicts two soldiers in a hospital bed, choking from asphyxiation due to exposure to gases in the trenches. A nurse and an officer look on.

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Artist: Raemaekers, Louis active ca. 1914

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General note:

Publication: This image appeared as Plate 69 in "The Great War: A Neutral's Indictment" (c. 1916) by Louis Raemaekers.

Note on the state of conservation:

Print is dirty, and has some red stains on the left side.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l., within image: Louis Raemaekers
Verso, u.c., manuscript pen: Slow asphixiation.
Verso, l.r., manuscript pencil: This picture from Mr. Ells.
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World War, 1914-1918

War wounds, 1918

Posters-War Effort

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R4495]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R4495-1

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Date modified:: 2024-07-04