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The Yser

Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph, Reproduction
The Yser
The Yser
The Yser
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Item no
32981
Title
The Yser
Description
"We are on our way to Calais."

"The Germans in their bid for Calais made violent efforts, from the middle of October 1914, to break through the thin link of trenches held by the Belgian army, and a mixed force of English troops and French marines. The Germans were finally thrown back beyond the Yser by the opening of the coastal sluices which flooded the country. Observe how by the masterly tranquillity of the drawing the human horror of the scene becomes secondary. There is the calm of death in these flooded meadows."
Artist / maker
Date
1916
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.