RAEMAEKERS, 'FATHER, IS IT STILL A LONG WAY TO THE BERESINA?', CHARCOAL AND WATERCOLOUR.

406 by 292mm., charcoal and watercolour, signed, mounted, framed and glazed

EXHIBITED:
‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1800-1999’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 1999, no 392; 'The Long Nineteenth Century: Treasures and Pleasures', Chris Beetles Gallery, March-April 2014, no 173

Raemaekers’ Cartoons, Volume I (London, 1916) page 137

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Kaiser Wilhelm II and his heir, Crown Prince Wilhelm, follow in the footsteps of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose army suffered heavy losses on crossing the River Berezina in November 1812, during the retreat from Moscow. From that time, ‘Berezina’ was used in French as a synonym for catastrophe.