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Our son will not have to fight

Raemaekers, Louis, 1919, Chromolithograph
Our son will not have to fight
Our son will not have to fight
Our son will not have to fight
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Item no
33514
Title
Our son will not have to fight
Description
"This was the price."

"'You mention your son's death; it gives me much pain when I have got to talk about it; it really was the heaviest blow I have had all my life, one that I shall never forget. Your son, sir, my late master, was more like a father to me than a master, and I may tell you I thought there was not another man like him in the world. At least I have never come across one. I was with your son when he died, and if I may never see anything again, I saw one of the bravest men that ever was. He died a hero's death. Your son dropped with his head on my knees. I spoke to him three times, I got no answer, and then he just looked up at me and put his hand down my face, and said, ' Is that you, Joe?' which was the name he called me by, 'for God's sake, sonny, push on,' and died at that. I shall avenge his death till the last.' - and Orderly's letter narrating the death of Captain John Charlton."
Artist / maker
Date
1919
Size
33.1 x 25.9 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.