"The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"

Jean-Louis Forainfourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s

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Title: "The German troups received the formal order to spare private property"
Creator: Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)
Date Created: fourth quarter 1800s or first third 1900s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.9 x 47.8 cm (12 9/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.729
Medium: black crayon and brush and brown, gray and red wash, heightened with white gouache
Inscriptions: signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; VERSO, along lower edge, in graphite: Après Douai - "Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la propriété privée." [Solf.?] " Sans doute, l'ordre n'était / pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2185
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, late 19th-early 20th Century
Credit Line: The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1956.729

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