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Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956

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  • World War I: a poisonous gas attack on the Canadians in Flanders, 24 April 1915. Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers. ca. 1918.
  • World War I: the German Navy attacking Allied nursing. Coloured chalk drawing by Louis Raemaekers, 1918.
  • World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.
  • World War I: the German Navy attacking Allied nursing. Coloured chalk drawing by Louis Raemaekers, 1918.
  • World War One: a large snake, symbolic of a gas attack, strikes at a sleeping soldier. Colour halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.
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    A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 580229i
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    World War I: a poisonous gas attack on the Canadians in Flanders, 24 April 1915. Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers. ca. 1918.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: 1918 | Reference: 46016i
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    World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Reference: 24579i
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    A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: [1923?] | Reference: 658805i
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    World War I: "The Hun Ministry of Munitions" (stocks for germ warfare). Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers, 1916.

    Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956. | Date: [1916] | Reference: 46015i
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