[`Yes sister I think that it's a brain test not a blood test that he needs'] that he needs' Accession Number: ART90498

Description

Various ragtime sketches of a soldier sleeping in a hospital bed, two nurses speaking to one another, and a uniformed soldier speaking to a nurse with a speech bubble, "yes Sister, I think it's a brain test not a blood test that he needs". Done as part of a series of sketches called 'Ragtime sketches round the 47th General Hospital, France.'

This drawing is attributed to Louis Vasco - the artist's given name was Vasco Loureiro but he enlisted as Louis Vasco and has signed his name 'Vasco', 'Spr Vasco'.

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Accession Number
ART90498
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: crayon and watercolour on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 35.7 x 21.6 cm
Medium
crayon and watercolour on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by Captain W H Simmonds, 1962
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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