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The Tactful Hun
Raemaekers, Louis, 1919, Chromolithograph
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Title
The Tactful Hun
Description
"I am gombelled to leafe you, but let us debart as friends."
"We will remain in the Belgian Netherlands, to which we will add the narrow strip of coast as far as Calais. This done we will voluntarily close the war, from which we have nothing more to gain. After having vindicated our honour we will return to the joys of work and only take up the sword again if you try to force from our grasp what our blood has won for us. - Maximilian Harden."
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1919
Size
33.2 x 25.8 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
The
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
have published a book of his works entitled, 'Louis Raemaekers - with pen and pencil as a weapon'.
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