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WWI: Initial stages

WWI: Initial stages. Some Documents. Umberto Balla : Speed of a Motorcycle (1913). Gino Severini : “ Danza Serpentina ” in Lacerba (July 1, 1914). Karl Schmidt- Rottluff : “Houses at Night” (1912). George Grosz: “Metropolis” (1917).

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WWI: Initial stages

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  1. WWI: Initial stages Some Documents

  2. Umberto Balla: Speed of a Motorcycle (1913)

  3. Gino Severini: “DanzaSerpentina” in Lacerba (July 1, 1914)

  4. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: “Houses at Night” (1912)

  5. George Grosz: “Metropolis” (1917)

  6. Frederick Etchells: “Dieppe” in BLAST no. 1 (June 20, 1914)

  7. Christopher Nevinson: “On the Way to the Trenches” in BLAST no.2 (July 1915)

  8. Headlines from Daily Mirror (4 August 1914) Great Britain Declares War on Germany Declaration last night after 'unsatisfactory reply' to British ultimatum that Belgium must be kept neutral The King's Message to his Navy Government to take control of all railways Admiral Jellicoe to be in supreme command of the Home Fleets Huge Crowds Cheer Their Majesties at Palace £100,000,000 voted in Commons in five minutes German invasion of Belgium with airships Great Britain Declares War on Germany Great Britain is in a state of war with Germany.  It was officially stated at the Foreign Office last night that Great Britain declared war against Germany at 7.00pm.  The British Ambassador in Berlin has been handed his passport. War was Germany's reply to our request that she should respect the neutrality of Belgium, whose territories we were bound in honour and by treaty obligations to maintain inviolate.

  9. British Recruiting Poster

  10. British Imperial Recruiting Poster

  11. British Recruiting Poster

  12. German Soldiers En Route to Paris (1914)

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