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The Second Napoleon

Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
The Second Napoleon
The Second Napoleon
The Second Napoleon
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Item no
33040
Title
The Second Napoleon
Description
"Father is it still a long way to the Beresina!"

The artist in this cartoon (9 September 1915) is celebrating the unexpected Russian victory near Tarnapol and Trembowla, where forty thousand German and Austrian prisoners were taken about this date. With the escape of the Wilna army in the north, the Russians were soon to be in a better strategic position. The artist's allusion to the Beresina is a good example of Hope taking Time by the forelock."
Artist / maker
Date
1916
Size
35.0 x 26.5 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.