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| Lusitania! Lusitania! |
Charles Dominique Fouqueray
(1872-1956) |
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Acquisition Number: 2012.1092.2
Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper
Status: Reproduction Available - Click Here
In this scene, infantrymen attack German positions with rifle and bayonet. Fouqueray captures the ferocity of the battle as the central figure is meeting the enemy in a direct charge. “Lusitania! Lusitania!,” or a similar phrase, was sometimes used as a battle cry, referring to the tragic sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 by German submarines.
Gift of Gen Clifton B. Cates, USMC (Ret.)
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