World War One
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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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Liberation Loan (French poster, 1918)
Text: Liberation Loan. Year: 1918. Publisher: NA. Artist: Jules Abel Faivre. Additional information: Design shows the defeated Kaiser, his sword broken, kneeling with the flags of the the Allied nations massed behind him. Produced to promote the fourth ‘Liberation Loan’ (National Defence Loan). Flags visible include those of Portugal, Russia, Italy, Britain, France, USA, Belgium,…
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Without mercy (Belgian illustration, 1916)
Text: Without mercy. Year: 1916 Publisher: NA. Artist: Gisbert Combaz. Additional information: Drawn by Belgian artist Gisbert Combaz, a prominent and prolific illustrator during the war who produced many posters, postcards, newspaper cartoons and more. This illustration refers to the torpedoing of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, which killed…
