The First Thing he did was to take up his Knife by Jean de Bosschère

Ink illustration of a man in a top hat by a dining table as another man raises a knife, a woman watching from a doorway.

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Why is this public domain? Jean de Bosschère died in 1953; this work is in the public domain.

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A pen and ink illustration shows a man in a top hat crouching beside a dining table set with glasses and a bottle, while a man in a dark coat and wide-brimmed hat raises a knife in a plain room. A woman in a patterned dress watches from the doorway, and an overturned chair lies on the floor. The print is titled "The First Thing he did was to take up his Knife" and is attributed to Jean de Bosschère, dated 1917.

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