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Three Kings on the Way to Suez
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Three Kings on the Way to Suez

Willy Sluiter · 1916-01-08 · lithography; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

On a piece of moving artillery, drawn by skeletons of a horse and Death, sit the government leaders: Emperor Wilhelm II, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet V, and a third unknown man. On the horizon, the star of Palestine. In connection with the British struggle for Palestine and the Ottoman struggle to hold the Suez Canal. Satirical print on the First World War, 8 January 1916.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDrie koningen op weg naar Suez. 1916-01-08. Willy Sluiter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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