Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6581087
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Never mind, Sir. But if you should find your ticket, remember to drop it in the little box as you leaves the bus.
Art object
Art Movement / style
Technique used
Colouring
Dimensions
29.5 x 24 cm
Series / hero
Collection / set
Number
Addition to number
Year
1943
Language
Details
Original cartoon in pencil on textured wove paper for Punch Magazine, 1943, shows an older gentleman travelling on a bus and being greatly embarrassed by the fact that he has ‘lost’ his ticket. The bus conductor helps him save face by asking him to throw the ticket into the ‘box’ provided for this purpose on the bus. Most bus tickets during wartime were printed with the text “salvage/save all waste paper” and people were expected to throw their tickets into the container as they left the bus. Date stamped 24 June 1943 on verso. Card size 29.5 x 24 cm, image size 19 x 15 cm, signed lower left, caption written in red ink in lower border. Staining around border edges, otherwise in very good condition.