Then ... and now! Accession Number: ARTI00353

Description

Depicts two cartoon vignettes. The top cartoon depicts a soldier trudging through water, in the rain and surrounded by barber wire, dreaming of relaxing in civilian life. The bottom cartoon depicts the soldier working late in an accounting office as a clerk, surrounded by ledger books, dreaming of relaxing in the sun in his former Army life. This is the drawing for the cartoon that appeared in the War Memorial's publication , 'As you were' in 1948.

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Accession Number
ARTI00353
Artist
Theo Batten
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: Brush, pen and ink, with Chinese white, gouache and pencil on paper mounted on card
Measurement
Overall: 44.9 cm x 30.8 cm
Medium
Brush, pen and ink, with Chinese white, gouache and pencil on paper mounted on card
Date Made
c.1947
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1989
Copyright
External copyright

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