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Goya's 1803 painting of "The Peasant Before the Firing Squad" served as an inspiration for what symbol?

Question #108125. Asked by star_gazer.
Last updated Sep 16 2016.

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The peace sign:

[Designer Gerald] Holtom later wrote to Hugh Brock, editor of Peace News, explaining the genesis of his idea in greater depth: "I was in despair. Deep despair. I drew myself: the representative of an individual in despair, with hands palm outstretched outwards and downwards in the manner of Goya's peasant before the firing squad. I formalised the drawing into a line and put a circle round it."

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_sign#The_peace_sign

Aug 19 2009, 8:59 AM
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Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 16 2016.
Aug 19 2009, 9:22 AM
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