Illustrating Air Force expressions Accession Number: ARTI00087.A

Description

Cartoon made from five images illustrating some Air force expressions. Image one is a chimney sweep with a hole in his trousers exposing his buttocks. the second depicts an airplane with three bombs that are moving above the plane instead of below. The third image shows an old woman holding her nose with one hand and in the other she holds a dead rat by the tail. The fourth image has a pilot jumping into the air after sitting on a tack. The fifth shows a naked couple running in the background with a fig leaf pegged to a clothes line strung between two trees.

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Accession Number
ARTI00087.A
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and brush and ink with wash, with gouache, over pencil
Measurement
sheet: 49.8 x 41 cm
Medium
pencil, pen and brush and ink with wash, with gouache on paper on paper
Date Made
unknown
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1985
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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