Souvenirs d'enfant; les prisonniers passent (Childhood memories; prisoners pass by) Accession Number: ART50143

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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 was published in 'Le Figaro', 23 February 1916, p. 3 (66A). There is a drawing of this subject in a private collection (66B). It was included in 'De la Marne au Rhin' I, 64 (66E).

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Accession Number
ART50143
Artist
Jean-Louis Forain
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Medium: photoengraving on Japan paper; edition: 196/300
Measurement
sheet: 38.3 cm x 57 cm
Medium
photoengraving on Japan paper; edition: 196/300
Date Made
1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1987
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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