"Stoo!" Accession Number: ARTI04019

Description

Depicts a series of vignettes, in rows of cartoons, of a soldier going from waking, looking for his stew pannier, running, tripping over, and pushing into a queue in order to obtain his 'Stoo'. This is the drawing for the cartoon that appeared in "Salt", vol.5, no.8, 1945. Sapper Frederick Charles Goss (b. Lithgow, 1915) enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1941 and served with the 57 Australian Deputy Command Royal Engineers. He produced a number of cartoons and illustrations for the Australian Army magazine, 'Salt'. He was discharged in February 1946. 'Salt' was a small magazine that informed and entertained Australian servicemen and women during the Second World War

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Accession Number
ARTI04019
Artist
Frederick Charles Goss
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: Brush, pen and ink with white gouache highlights on paper
Measurement
Overall: 34.2 cm x 26 cm
Medium
brush, pen and ink with white gouache highlights on paper
Date Made
c. 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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