Christ
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The Great Sacrifice (British print, 1914)
Text: NA. Year: December 1914. Publisher: The Graphic. Artist: James Clark. Additional information: British print showing Christ looking down from the cross upon a dead soldier. The illustration was printed by ‘The Graphic’, a London-based newspaper that included the print in its Christmas issue with a caption from John 15:13: ‘Greater love hath no man…
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The Deserter (American illustration, 1916)
Text: The Deserter. Year: July 1916. Publisher: The Masses newspaper. Artist: Boardman Robinson. Additional information: Anti-war illustration showing Christ facing a firing squad composed of soldiers from the belligerent nations of the First World War. The Masses was forced to shut down following the indictment of its editors for obstructing conscription.
