Reims: la cathédrale

Robert Burnand|Berger-Levrault, Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg|Edouard-García Benito

1918 · Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir · Drawings and Prints

This book follows a young French soldier who, after witnessing the bombing of Reims Cathedral, charges German soldiers to avenge its destruction. Gravely injured, he is sent to a hospital. There, during a feverish dream, he is visited by an angel representing the spirit of the cathedral, who relays the history of the church and its deep connections to the French people. The soldier wakes to find the angel assuming the form of his nurse.

Artist

Robert Burnand|Berger-Levrault, Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg|Edouard-García Benito

Date

1918

Medium

Illustrations: line block (photomechanical relief print) and pochoir

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959