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Le Depart du Mobilisé (2/100)
Le Depart du Mobilisé (2/100)

Le Depart du Mobilisé (2/100)

Artist (1804 - 1880)
Date1916
MediumEtching on paper
Dimensions16.5 x 26.7 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Bequeathed by Mrs J. H. Twigg through her nephew Surgeon Captain F. J. D. Twigg, 1937.
Object number809
DescriptionThis is an intaglio print (etching) with hand painted additions. It depicts a soldier about to go off to war (World War I) being embraced by his wife. Their child tugs on the mother's skirt. It takes place in a rural setting; there are two chickens in the bottom left corner of the print, and part of their small farmhouse can just be seen to the left.
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Two Figures (35/100)
Two Figures (35/100)
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