International studio (20.1903)

THE WAR MEMORIAL AT WAAL : THE RED MARBLE SEAT

colour painters. He has already turned out some
clever landscapes, and there is abundant promise
in the figure study given here.

The Kriegersdenkmal or
war-memorial, of which two
illustrations are here shown,
was unveiled at Waal, in
Bavaria, towards the end of
last year. It is the work of
Prof. H. von Herkomer,
whose father lived in the
village for many years, and
who was himself born there.
No less than 52 men out of
a total population of 1,000
went out from this small
township in the cause of
their country, and it was
felt that such a fact de-
served commemoration.
The small sum which the
Burgomaster was able to STUDY OF A HAND

BY PROFESSOR H. VON HERKOMER, R.A.

collect locally would have been inadequate for
the erection of anything larger than the con-
ventional obelisk; but Professor von Herkomer, by

FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. CADBY
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