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Dans des faubourgs de Londres (In the suburbs of London)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
A body of a girl lies among the smoking ruins of a bombed house. London was bombed many times. Coutin 1987 (48D). This work was published in 'L'Opinion, 23 October 1915, pp. 328-9 (48A). There is a dr...ART50147
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La borne (The milestone)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
Depicts a dead German soldier, lying face down, on the ground, next to a mile post on which is inscribed 'Verdun 11 kil'. Behind this German soldier are piles of bodies of other dead soldiers. The Ge...ART50154
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La justice (The justice)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
Cardinal Mercier, the Belgian primate, wearing his mitre and carrying his staff, walks through a devastated Belgian landscape. Cardinal Mercier was arrested for reading a pastoral letter to the Belgia...ART50153
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Le pays reconquis (Regained country)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
In a ruined village that has been regained by the French, women and children are both joyous at being back home and greif-stricken at the destsruction of their houses. Soldiers and buildings can be se...ART50135
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Le repli allemande (The German answer)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
A German soldier pulls a blanket out of the arms of an old woman. Another soldier looks on, and a girl runs away from a burning village. The Germans burnt and destroyed villages which they left behind...ART50133
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Le terrain reconquis (Reconquered ground)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
In a village cemetery two women and a young boy pray in front of a grave (possibly that of their son and husband). They comment 'J'ai bien cru que je ne les reverrais jamais (I did not believe that th...ART50140
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Souvenirs d'enfant; les prisonniers passent (Childhood memories; prisoners pass by)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
In a bomb-devastated village, a little girl views a column of German prisoners marching past, and asks her mother: 'Tell me, mummy!...Are they the ones who killed daddy?' Coutin 1987 (66D). This work ...ART50143
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Un aviatik passe (A passing aeroplane)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
A woman stands, gripping her fists, while she looks up at the sky. Behind her other women, who are nursing children, sit on the ground and look at the sky. The caption reads: 'And to think that there ...ART50144
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Un raid au dessus d'une "place forte" anglaise (A raid over a British fortress)
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Maker: Forain, Jean-Louis
Grief-stricken women lamenting over dead children in a devastated town after a German air raid. Coutin 1987 (132). This work was not published, but was intended for publication in 'Figaro', July 1917.ART50134