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The Gas Fiend
Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
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The Gas Fiend
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Title
The Gas Fiend
Description
"The employment of asphyxiating gasses in warfare is expressly forbidden by the Hague Convention, July 1899."
'The first gas attack on the French and the Canadians at Ypres 20 April 1915.'
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1916
Size
31 x 24.5 cm.
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
The image represents the first gas attack on the French and the Canadians at Ypres 20 April 1915.
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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Louis Raemaekers and World War One
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