Place | Europe: France |
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Accession Number | ART50142 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 38.3 x 57 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | photoengraving on Japan paper; edition: 196/300 |
Maker |
Forain, Jean-Louis |
Place made | France: Paris |
Date made | 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A l'hopital (At the hospital)
Description
A young officer, with an amputated leg, and a nurse, stand beside a hospital bed where a fellow soldier lies. The soldier with the amputated leg remarks: 'Don't feel sorry for yourself. You will be able to return there.' Coutin 1987 (82D). This work was published in 'Le Figaro', 14 June 1916, p. 3 (82A). There is a drawing of this subject in a private collection.'