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Photo, Print, Drawing It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!. E' impossibile che tutti ci si possano lavare!

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Title

  • It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!.

Other Title

  • E' impossibile che tutti ci si possano lavare!

Summary

  • This satirical watercolor by the Italian artist Raffaello Jonni is part of a series of 79 original drawings by Jonni preserved at the Alessandrina Library in Rome. It shows soldiers of four countries with interests in the Adriatic Sea all standing around a small basin of water labeled "Adriatico" with the caption "It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!" underneath. The image and the words are an allusion to the rivalries among the countries bordering the Adriatic -- Italy, the newly-established Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Albania, and Greece -- for influence over the regions bordering the sea. The Adriatic Question was one of the most vexing issues that had to be addressed at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. It concerned the fate of the territories along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea that formerly belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, some of which Italy sought to annex following the empire's defeat and breakup at the end of the war.

Names

  • Jonni, Raffaello Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1915 to 1918]

Headings

  • -  Albania
  • -  Croatia
  • -  Greece
  • -  Italy
  • -  Serbia
  • -  1915 to 1918
  • -  Adriatic question
  • -  Adriatic Sea
  • -  Caricatures and cartoons
  • -  Irredentism
  • -  Military uniforms
  • -  Nationalism
  • -  Personification in art
  • -  Satires (Visual works)
  • -  Soliders
  • -  Territorial questions
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 drawing : watercolor ; 66 x 50 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Alessandrina Library.
  • -  Content in Italian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World War I

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670945

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jonni, Raffaello Artist. It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!. Albania Serbia Greece Croatia Italy, 1915. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1918] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670945/.

APA citation style:

Jonni, R. A. (1915) It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!. Albania Serbia Greece Croatia Italy, 1915. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1918] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670945/.

MLA citation style:

Jonni, Raffaello Artist. It is Impossible for Everyone to Bathe in Here!. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1918] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670945/>.