Edith Cavell wearing Red Cross uniform lying dead on the floor, a gloating jackbooted Prussian officer stands over her corpse, holding a smoking revolver, Death with a lantern looks on. Colour process print after T. Corbella, 1915.

  • Corbella, T., active 1915.
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1915
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547471i
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view Edith Cavell wearing Red Cross uniform lying dead on the floor, a gloating jackbooted Prussian officer stands over her corpse, holding a smoking revolver, Death with a lantern looks on. Colour process print after T. Corbella, 1915.

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Edith Cavell wearing Red Cross uniform lying dead on the floor, a gloating jackbooted Prussian officer stands over her corpse, holding a smoking revolver, Death with a lantern looks on. Colour process print after T. Corbella, 1915. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The lamp held by Death has a prominent letter "k" in the metalwork

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1915

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours

Lettering

Let us never forget. Edith Cavell, killed October 11th, 1915. From the original by T. Corbella, exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, London Bears number: 279

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Wellcome Collection 547471i

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