Poland a Nation: P.14925-R(3)

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Poland a Nation
The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dulac, Edmund
Publisher: Ministry of Information
Draughtsman: Dulac, Edmund (After)

Entities

Portfolio

Description

A young Polish Winged Hussar pulls a bloodied sword from the body of a black eagle with a red beak representing Germany which he has defeated and trampled underfoot. Behind the Hussar, the white eagle of Poland stretches its wings in victory against the silhouette of a blasted tree, symbol of the devastation of the war.

Notes

History note: From the printed Annual Report, 1919: 'A collection of sixty-six large lithographic prints by Muirhead Bone, Eric Kennington, George Clausen, R.A., Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A., C.R.W. Nevinson, William Rothenstein, Charles Pears, Claude Shepperson, A.S. Hartrick, and other artists, illustrating The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, have been received from the Ministry of Information, under whose auspices these splendid lithographs were made.'

Legal notes

Given by the Ministry of Information, 1919

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1919) by Ministry of Information

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1917

Note

Printed in four colours: black, red, brown, white. Signed and dated on the stone at upper right: 'Edmund / Dulac // 1917'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left corner.