Astonishing medical drawings of mutilated soldiers, scenes from the Somme, and paintings that reveal the filth and gore forced into the minds of all involved ... for the first world war’s centenary, the National Portrait Gallery has put on an exhibition that truly shows the haunting horror of war.
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Soldier with facial wounds by Henry Tonks, 1916-18 |
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Self-portrait as a Soldier by Ludwig Kirchner, 1915 |
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The Integrity of Belgium by Walter Sickert, 1914 |
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Self-portrait by Sir William Orpen, 1917 |
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Edith Cavell by an unknown photographer, 1910s |
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Churchill by Sir William Orpen, 1916 |
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Scene from Battle of the Somme by Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell, 1916 |
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Self-portrait by Isaac Rosenberg, 1915 |
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