The pale beam from the searchlight swept the sky over and over. On board the refugees huddled uncomplainingly

The pale beam from the searchlight swept the sky over and over. On board the refugees huddled uncomplainingly
The pale beam from the searchlight swept the sky over and over. On board the refugees huddled uncomplainingly

The pale beam from the searchlight swept the sky over and over. On board the refugees huddled uncomplainingly

Date1914
Artist (American artist and illustrator, 1874–1960)
Illustration Citation"A Woman in Battle - At Belgium's Last Stand," by F. Tennyson Jesse, in Collier's Weekly, November 14, 1914
MediumInk, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 11 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (29.8 × 27.6 cm)
sheet: 14 × 13 in. (35.6 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1989
Object number1989-76
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextWith the incisive lines and sharp contrasts of a woodcut, this illustration reflects Belgian refugees' bleak expressions and resigned poses as they flee Antwerp during World War I to escape German attacks on the city.

Charles Buckles Falls was a book and magazine illustrator and poster artist, adept with various media. Author F. Tennyson Jesse was described by Collier's Weekly as a 25 year old London journalist, the only woman war correspondent to reach a European battlefield by late 1914.
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