| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART92967 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 37.9 x 55 cm; image: 30.9 x 47.2 cm |
| Object type | |
| Physical description | lithograph on paper; edition: 85/275 |
| Maker |
Abel-Truchet, Louis |
| Place made | France: Paris |
| Date made | November 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Debout, les morts! (Arise, the dead!) 1915
Description
A man on a horse riding through a cemetery during the First World War where wooden crosses mark the graves, urging the dead to awake and arise. A town is seen in the background. Louis Abel-Truchet was born at Versailles, France, in 1857, and died in action on the Western Front on 9 September 1918. He was a well known French painter, etcher and lithographer who studied in Paris with two highly renowned teachers, Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant. He began exhibiting at the Paris Salons about 1891.