Title

'Better to be buried...than to surrender', Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Better to be buried beneath the ruins of the fort than to surrender', Verdun, northern France, c1914-c1918. Sign in French: 'S'ensevelir sous les ruines du fort plutôt que de se rendre'. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1914

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D42_292

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,0Mb (2,3Mb) / 17,6in x 15,0in / 5276 x 4508 (300dpi)

Keywords

country sign French France defiance war location century first world war concept B&W Lorraine defiant MONOCHROME World War I WWI black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century Meuse The Print Collector 1st World War TGN Verdun WW1 photograph Unknown photograph