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Anti-World War I editorial cartoon showing a soldier who is missing the lower half of his body dragging himself along with his hands, with his intestines trailing behind him as a fat capitalist sitting in a chair offers him a medal for his service.

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After the war a medal and maybe a job.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
John Sloan  (1871–1951)  wikidata:Q861756 s:en:Author:John French Sloan q:en:John Sloan
 
John Sloan
Alternative names
John Sloan
Description American painter and graphic artist
As a member of The Eight, a group of American artists, he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of realist artists.
Date of birth/death 2 August 1871 Edit this at Wikidata 7 September 1951 / 1951 / 8 September 1951 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lock Haven Hanover
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creator QS:P170,Q861756
Title
After the war a medal and maybe a job.
label QS:Len,"After the war a medal and maybe a job."
label QS:Lfr,"Après la guerre, une médaille et peut-être un travail."
label QS:Ltr,"Savaştan sonra bir madalya ve belki de bir iş."
Description
Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier.
Date 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium drawing: charcoal and crayon
institution QS:P195,Q131454
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Signature and date bottom right:

John Sloan 1914
Source/Photographer Library of Congress[1]
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current23:59, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:59, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (12.22 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin
23:54, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:54, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (11.88 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin
23:44, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:44, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (11.88 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin
23:32, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:32, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (12.18 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin
23:27, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 23:27, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (12.11 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin
21:23, 10 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:23, 10 December 20095,042 × 3,355 (12.1 MB)Durova (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Cartoon drawing shows a World War I veteran walking on his hands, dragging his entrails behind him. He approaches a fat capitalist, who sits on a chair and leans over to give him a medal for his service as a soldier." "1 drawin

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