Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross

About this book

A picture-book created during the First World War opens onto a series of beautifully staged scenes, each carrying Edmund Dulac's distinctive gift for colour and theatrical detail.

The publication supported the French Red Cross, giving the illustrations a purpose beyond the pleasure of collecting fine art. Dulac's compositions move between gentle lyricism and dramatic imagination, with figures whose gestures and costumes reward close attention. It is a small piece of publishing history in which the artist's work was offered in service of a wartime cause.