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LastDodo number
5519737
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Great Event
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Material
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Colouring
Dimensions
40 x 27 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 young soldier striding along the street, while a neighbour comments: ‘Young Mr. Williams is rather excited this morning. I gather his wife is expecting a pram’. By 1943 most consumer goods were hard to come by and the prospect of having a pram is as exciting as the prospect of having a baby. Board size 40 x 27 cm (16 x 11 inch), image size 35.5 x 26.5 cm, signed lower left, caption in ink in lower border and dated on right border 24-2-43, numbered 2639. Small nibbles at lower corners, otherwise in good condition.