Ink and chalk on paper
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Angels Peace Descend on Belgium
Presented by the artist and the Evening Standard 1944
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
angel
Belgium
Belgium, German Occupation, 1940-4
book - non-specific
caption
caricature
cartoon / comic strip
clothing and personal items
countries and continents
emotions, concepts and ideas
flying
formal qualities
group
groups
Himmler, Heinrich
history
individuals: male
inscriptions
man
menace
military
military: World War II
named individuals
newspaper, ‘Evening Standard’
objects
people
persecution
places
politics and society
politics: Nazi Germany, 1933-45
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
religion and belief
satire
social comment
society
soldier
symbols and personifications
truncheon
uniform / kit
universal concepts
universal religious imagery
weapons
whip
work and occupations
paper unique ink chalk
22 April 2022 – 21 August 2022
2022-08-21
22 April 2022 – 21 August 2022
2022-08-21
2022-04-22
British Library (London, UK)
2022-04-22
Making the News
Loan-out
The Angels of Peace Descend on Belgium
support: 387 × 495 mm
frame: 538 × 649 × 19 mm
Presented by the artist and the Evening Standard 1944
<p><b>N05463</b>	THE ANGELS OF PEACE DESCEND ON BELGIUM - HIMMLER HAVING ‘DONE’ THE NETHERLANDS, IS NOW AT WORK ON BELGIUM 1940
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Low’ b.r. and with title b.c. and t.l.
<br/>Indian ink and black chalk, with erasures in body-colour, 15 1/4×19 1/2 (38·5×49·5).
<br/>Presented by the artist and the <i>Evening Standard</i> 1944.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Low, <i>Autobiography</i>, 1956, p.325.</p>
<p>Published in the <i>Evening Standard</i>, 10 June 1940. A reference to the German occupation of the Low Countries in the summer of 1940. Himmler, carrying a book labelled ‘Gestapo Death List’, is accompanied by two other members of the S.S. carrying a whip and a truncheon.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-21T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing angel Belgium Belgium, German Occupation, 1940-4 book - non-specific caption caricature cartoon / comic strip clothing and personal items countries and continents emotions, concepts and ideas flying formal qualities group groups Himmler, Heinrich history individuals: male inscriptions man menace military military: World War II named individuals newspaper, ‘Evening Standard’ objects people persecution places politics and society politics: Nazi Germany, 1933-45 portraits reading, writing, printed matter religion and belief satire social comment society soldier symbols and personifications truncheon uniform / kit universal concepts universal religious imagery weapons whip work and occupations