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Description: | image: At the left of the composition a kneeling female Death figure stands on the edge of a stage, acting as master of
ceremonies to a grisly dance of puppet skeletons. The skeletons are complete with the human heads and features of the leaders of the
Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey). The corpse of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary lies immediately in
front of the glaring footlights. The puppets are controlled by a laughing grotesque whose head appears from behind the stage curtain to
the left.
Jours de Guerre et de Paix No. 5, 48 from edition of 100. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory King of Bulgaria Death satirical Wilhelm II Ferdinand I Franz Josef I Kaiser of Germany Crown Prince of Germany Mohammed V Emperor of Austria-Hungary Wilhelm theatre Emperor portrait / personification Entertainment Sultan of Turkey Death of Franz Josef I Caricature | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Léandre, Charles Lucien | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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