Solitaire - cards from the first two years of the European War, Tański, Czesław (1862-1942), illustrator. The album 'Patience' consists of 53 playing cards with depictions related to World War I. The cards symbolically depict the countries participating in the war: their rulers, the commanders-in-chief of the individual armies, as well as warfare and its effects, such as the spraying of poison gas, soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns, the migration of displaced persons, and a field hospital set up in a church. The individual card suits correspond to the different powers: spades refer to
GLIX-115-3ECADD8
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
Penta Springs, Geo Naturalis
Készült
Leírás
Solitaire - cards from the first two years of the European War, Tański, Czesław (1862-1942), illustrator. The album 'Patience' consists of 53 playing cards with depictions related to World War I. The cards symbolically depict the countries participating in the war: their rulers, the commanders-in-chief of the individual armies, as well as warfare and its effects, such as the spraying of poison gas, soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns, the migration of displaced persons, and a field hospital set up in a church. The individual card suits correspond to the different powers: spades refer to