The return of the useless
Item Information
- Title:
- The return of the useless
- Title (alt.):
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Return of the useless
- Description:
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War series. (Bellows) / Belgian slaves being shipped back and dumped, broken in health and useless for further exploitation by their German masters. A man has fallen exhausted and is being kicked a guard. -GB The December 1918 issue of "Everybody's Magazine" carried the eleventh installment of a series by Brand Whitlock, then the American minister to Belgium, entitled "Belgium: The Crowning Crime." The accompanying illustration was captioned, "The Return of the Useless, cartoon by George Bellows," and is nearly an exact reversal of the lithograph, with a few minor variations. This print appeared a month after the signing of the armistice, and was probably the final print of the War Series. (Mason)
- Artist:
- Bellows, George, 1882-1925
- Name on Item:
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Geo Bellows
- Date:
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1918
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Lithographs
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Enslaved people
Sick persons
Arrivals & departures
Guards
Beating
- Places:
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Belgium
- Extent:
- 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 64 x 70 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3t947g33w
- Terms of Use:
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