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Seduction
Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
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Title
Seduction
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"See for evidence of German outrages on women, 'Rapport de la Commission instituée en vue de constater les actes commis par l'ennemi en violation du droit des gens' in the 'Journel Officiel de la République Francaise,' 8 Janvier 1915. Also the 'Belgian Reports,' August 1914 - January 1915; the 'Evidence and Documents laid before the Bryce Commission,' London, 1915; 'Les Violations des Lois de la Guerre par l'Allemagne,' I, II, Paris 1915, etc., etc."
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Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1916
Size
34.5 x 27.7 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
Like many of Raemaekers' images, this piece appeals to his audience's sense of pathos. A large and grotesque German soldier humiliates a woman by binding and gagging her. The German appears more like a machine than a human due to his blocky, geometric shape. The bound woman represents an allegorised Belgium as well as female victims of war crimes. Though she is not identified as Belgium in this cartoon, the same figure reappears in his work 'The Promise,' in which an allegory of Britain comforts Belgium and promises to come to her defense. Many Allied newspapers and reports included accounts of German soldiers tormenting, assaulting, and raping female civilians, so this composition serves as a reminder of German crimes in addition to allegorising Germany's invasion of Belgium.
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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