Shelfmark
Nd.4.27 - Nd.4.28
Author
Title
De la Marne au Rhin : dessins des années de guerre 1914-1919 / Forain.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris : Pierre Lafitte, c.1920.
Physical description
2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Series statement
(Collection des grands humoristes)
Note
In French.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) was a prominent French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist, widely recognised for his sharp social commentary and his significant role in the illustrated and satirical press of late 19th- and early 20th-century France. He contributed illustrations and caricatures to more than sixty periodicals, including major publications such as Gil Blas, Le Rire, La Vie Moderne, and La Revue Illustrée. During the first world war, although in his early sixties, Forain volunteered for the French Army's Section de Camouflage, a unit of professional artists who developed innovative camouflage techniques for the military. He also served as a war correspondent, producing illustrations and cartoons that were published in major newspapers. His illustrations captured the realities of trench warfare, the drama and suffering of military and civilian life, and the psychological toll of the conflict.
Provenance
Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.
Binding
Green leather half-binding over marbled paper covered boards; gilt lettering on spine; gilt top edge; bound by Best & Co.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: 81.52 - 81.53.
Copy-specific note
At request of Eugen Millington-Drake, signed and inscribed in ms. by author on front endpaper of 1st vol.
Copy-specific note
Bound with original publisher's wrappers.
Subject
World War, 1914-1918.
Subject
Drawing France 20th century.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Best & Co. binder.
Added entry--name
Pierre Lafitte publisher.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
Fre
Identifier
B33302