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Document identity
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107185
label
"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat"
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
107185
contentType
drawing
title
"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat"
date
c. 1919
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79894687
creators
13390
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.)
cul
France, 20th century
accession
1925.1186
Source extras
tec
black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache
tombstone
"They Are Burning Everything - They must be about to Retreat", c. 1919. Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931). Black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache; sheet: 31.6 x 47.7 cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1925.1186
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description
cream(2) modern laid paper
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower right, in graphite: forain ; across bottom, in graphite: Apres Douai ("Les troupes allemandes ont reçu l'ordre le plus formel d'épargner la [propreté?] [illegible]" [G?]olf.. "Sans doute, l'ordre métait pas encore arrivé." ; lower right, in graphite: A2362
creditline
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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2026-05-29 05:45:48.760000
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107185
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Drawings
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DR - French
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black crayon and black wash heightened with white gouache
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male
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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