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6489821
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Drawings / paintings
Title
Isn’t it a nuisance? Ever since this queue nonsense began I haven’t once been home before seven
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Colouring
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38 x 28 cm
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Year
1939
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Details
Original cartoon in pencil on textured wove paper for Punch Magazine, 1939, shows an irate lady complaining to her companion about having to queue for a bus. This presumably refers to new rules introduced for bus queues (‘please form queue this side’) which more aggressive types would not have thought an improvement - queuing was (and is) exhausting, frustrating and tense and does not tend to bring out the best in people. Justified or not, the British have a reputation as civilized queuers, shaped particularly during World War Two, when queuing to get almost everything became a way of life (although this cartoon pre-dates the outbreak of war in Europe later that year). Date stamped 8 February 1939 on verso, published in the 15 February 1939 edition of Punch Magazine . Card size 38 x 28 cm, image size 26 x 19 cm, signed lower right, caption written in red ink in lower border. Staining around border edges, otherwise in very good condition.