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Maker(s):Bellows, George Wesley
Culture:American (1882-1925)
Title:The Murder of Edith Cavell
Date Made:1918
Type:Print
Materials:Lithograph
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Mount: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm; sheet: 20 in x 26 1/2 in; 50.8 cm x 67.31 cm; image: 18 5/8 in x 24 3/4 in; 47.3075 cm x 62.865 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (pencil): No 35 ; recto, lwr. ctr. (pencil): Murder of Edith Cavell ; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (pencil): Geo Bellows
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.174
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Women descending stairs at top center. Set in a prison with barred doors. Sleeping soldiers or prisoners along bottom.

Tags:
punishing; wars; violence; women; propaganda

Subjects:
Propaganda; Violence; Wars; Women; Lithography

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