Description
A soldier comforts a dying man. The injured man is saying 'I'm not afraid to die Padre, if I'd been afraid of death I'd never have been here'. Cecil Percival, was a cartoonist and illustrator. He contributed to 'Aussie', a paper for troops in the trenches during the First World War, also to London 'Punch'. He worked with the War Records section in London and later became principal cartoonist for the Sydney 'Bulletin', from 1920 to1940.
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Accession Number
ART13387
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: oil, goauche, pen and ink on paper mounted on card
Measurement
Overall: 37 cm x 26 cm
Medium
oil, goauche, pen and ink on paper mounted on card
Credit Line
Presented by the artist 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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