Title

'La mise au tombeau; Penches sur l'ouverture du caveau, huit soldats descendent le cercueil..., 1920 Creator: Unknown.

Caption

d'honneur, la Medaille militaire et la Croix de guerre; a gauche, de profil, M Barthou, ministre de la Guerre, qui a preside la breve et emouvante ceremonie, se detache du groupe ou l'on peut reconnaitre les marechaux Foch, Petain, Joffre, le general Gouraud, m. Albert Sarraut, ministre des Colonies, le comte Sforza, ministre des Affaires etrangeres d'Italie, M. Lloyd George...', 1920. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Date

1921

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A59_088

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (2,4Mb) / 16,5in x 11,2in / 4945 x 3358 (300dpi)

Keywords

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