"Heel Nederland wenst Olifant" 

• 1941 
• Poster / promotion 
• Nuijens ,J.F. (Korporaal Achilles) 
• Melchers & Zn, J.J., Distilleerderij "De Olifant" 

The real first comic artist was the Haarlem art teacher J.F. Nuijens, who made numerous moralistic and satirical cartoons under the pseudonym "Corporal Achilles". [The following text is taken from the info of the Schiedam Municipal Archives.] Description: Advertising plate "The whole of the Netherlands wishes Olifant, an image from the war years" for gin from the Olifant brand of distillery J.J. Melchers Wzn. Dimensions 52 x 68.7 cm. Annotation: Original in the National Jenever Museum collection, archive number 529 inv. 591. See also image number 35477. Image type: Litho, colored

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