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The New Dutch Oil Line
Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
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The New Dutch Oil Line
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32988
Title
The New Dutch Oil Line
Description
A crowned lion, a symbol of the Netherlands, siphons oil from a spout marked 'Engeland' (England). A German soldier guides it into a vat, marked sixty million KC 'olien en vetten' (gallons, oils and fats).
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1916
Size
34.6 x 23.9 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
Prior to the war, the United Kingdom and Germany partnered in participation in the Turkish Petroleum Company. After the start of the war, both countries required large amounts of oil to run their armed forces and wished to cut the other side off from resources. The Netherlands was accused of supplying Germany with oil despite their neutrality in the war. Raemaekers once again reproaches his home country for their supposed neutrality. Dutch businessmen set up the Netherlands Overseas Trust (N.O.T.) at the beginning of the war and agreed to allow Britain to search their ships to make sure the Netherlands were not providing imports to Germany. The Dutch lion hides his actions with an N.O.T. umbrella, sneaking oil to Germany.
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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