"The Murder of Edith Cavell" by George Bellows, 1918. Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse who was executed by German forces during World War I. This print shows Cavell pausing while descending a stairway at a prison in Belgium, prior to her execution.

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Photo credit: © IanDagnall Computing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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