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5517743
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Drawings / paintings
Title
Late Arrival
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Colouring
Dimensions
40 x 27.5 cm
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Year
1943
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Original editorial cartoon on board in pen and ink, published in the London Evening News, 1943, as one of the World War Two ‘Smiling Through’ series, shows a railway employee arriving late for work and giving as excuse that: ‘…. and after the Junction we ran into thick fog and the train just crawled and crawled and crawled…..’, while the notice board on the travel information kiosk claims ‘all services normal’. A woman in uniform walks by on the left. Board size 40 x 27.5 cm (16 x 11 inch), image size 34 x 27 cm, signed lower right, caption in ink in lower border and dated 2-2-43, numbered 2620. Some staining around edges, otherwise in good condition.