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LastDodo number
5391681
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Mother's Boy
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Art object
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Material
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Colouring
Dimensions
40 x 27.5 cm
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Number
Addition to number
Year
1942
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Details
Original editorial cartoon on board in pen and ink, published in the London Evening News, 1942, as one of the World War Two ‘Smiling Through’ series, shows an overdressed and very hot British soldier in North Africa saying ‘Ma always said..... N’er cast a clout till May be out’ (don’t take off your winter clothing (in Britain) until May is over). Board size 40 x 27.5 cm (16 x 11 inch), image size 33 x 26 cm, signed lower left, caption in ink in lower border and dated on right border 13-5-42, numbered 2395. Some nibbles and slight staining around edges, otherwise in good condition.