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Auguste Brouet - Belgian Machine Gunners - Ba 173.4
Ba 173.4

Belgian Machine Gunners

etching (1916)
The platoon went on a temporary footbridge. The machine gun mounted on a light car is fired by dogs. The servants are heavily loaded.
2nd state, 198 mm × 120 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 130, BPL 5, auteur, EB 92, EG 100, EG C 60.
With lots of extra shadow work on the characters etc.

Priv. coll.
The second state was printed with 3 proofs before steeling annotated 2nd state and 10 artist's proofs on thin japan (1 to 15) and 60 proofs on hollande (16 to 75) by Delātre for Boutitie.
Previous state
1st state, 198 mm × 120 mm.
Printed at 2 state proofs.
Boutitie 129, BPL 5.
Before the addition of the drypoint shadows on the ground in the foreground, the servants' bags, the dogs, the trees on the left.