"This'll slay 'em!" Accession Number: ARTI01094

Description

Cartoon published in 'Salt', Vol. 9, No. 9, 1945, p. 37. 'Salt' was a small magazine that informed and entertained Australian servicemen and women during the Second World War. Cartoon depicts three captains standing around a table with an eye chart behind them on the wall. On the table is a standard-size syringe and medical bottle. One officer holds out a larger syringe while another presents an enormous syringe; laughing, he declares "This'll slay 'em!". Peeping around the door is a naked soldier who has perhaps been waiting for his medical, his expression of shock reveals his assumption that the enormous syringe is intended for him.

Details

Accession Number
ARTI01094
Artist
Gus McLaren
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brush and ink over pencil on cardboard
Measurement
sheet: 26.6 cm x 19 cm
Medium
brush and ink over pencil on illustration board
Date Made
c.1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from Private Records 1985
Copyright
AWM copyright

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