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Accession Number | ARTV04868 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Sheet: 61.8 x 42 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | lithograph and letter press printed in colour on paper |
Maker |
Seghers, William |
Place made | Flanders: Antwerpen Province, Antwerp |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown |
Antwerpen gebombardeerd door een zepplin: in der nacht van 24-25 Aug. 1914...
Description
Lithographic print commemorating a night time raid by a German Zepplin on Antwerp, Belgium on 23-24 August 1914. A large airship is depicted dropping bombs onto a market square as citizens flee. The image occupies the majority and is framed within a thin black border. The title and text are separate and positioned beneath the image in the bottom third of the sheet. Both image and text are set against a white background.