The "Land & Water" edition of Raemaekers' cartoons, volume 1

Chapter 148: Transcriber’s Notes

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A collection of forceful wartime cartoons and accompanying editorial material that confronts militarism and records the brutal consequences of the Great War. The images pair stark, often religiously inflected symbolism with biting satire to portray atrocities, refugees, prisoners, naval and aerial warfare, propaganda, and political hypocrisy; captions and introductory essays present the artist as a moral witness. Arranged as topical plates, the drawings mix direct visual accusation and allegory to stir public sentiment, chronicle civilian suffering, and expose diplomatic and military tensions.

Transcriber’s Notes

Spelling inconsistencies were not changed, as several different people wrote the commentaries.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

The original pages from which the images were obtained had faded unevenly and turned somewhat yellow. The method used to restore them probably altered the background colors in some cases, particularly in the later images.

The “SPECIAL NOTICE” and order slip at the end of the book originally were found between pages 48 and 49. The sheet of paper on which they were printed appears to have been tipped into the book, not bound, and was moved so as to not interrupt the flow of the rest of the book.