Neville Dear

Artist: Neville Dear
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 14" x 8" (360mm x 205mm)
Date: 1981

This is the original Watercolour painting by Neville Dear.

Edith Louisa Cavell (December 1865 - 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for saving the lives of casualties from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested.

She was court-martialled and found guilty of treason. She was sentenced to death and shot by firing squad. She received worldwide sympathetic press coverage. She is well-known for her statement that "patriotism is not enough."

Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, both German and Allied soldiers. She was quoted as saying, "I can't stop while there are lives to be saved". Cavell was also an influential pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium. This is the original art that appeared in the Look and Learn Book, 1982 and shows Cavell being arrested.

This art has been sold and is shown in our Archive for interest.
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