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The Bill
Raemaekers, Louis, 1917, Chromolithograph
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The Bill
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Item no
32881
Title
The Bill
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1917
Size
31.6 x 27.1 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
The recurring skeleton figure, in this instance dressed as a waiter, presents Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince with a bill for the costs of Verdun. The Kaiser is troubled by the bill and puts his hand up for it to be taken away from him. Hundreds of thousands of men died fighting in the Battle of Verdun alone. Raemaekers charges German leaders with the responsibility of paying the price for attacking Verdun.
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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