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 : No Joke! by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather post- WW1 cartoon


No Joke! by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather post- WW1 cartoon

The Censor has been most kind to me throughout the war. I have made the above drawing simply out of gratitude. I have also omitted the joke, thus ensuring complete approval. A typical cartoon of trench life by Bruce Bairnsfather, with various notes (from an imaginary censor) criticising various aspects of the drawing from the out of date rifle to the joke being shared between the two Tommies

Picture No
14100806
Media ID
45460094
Size
3400px x 5214px (2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, 8 January 1919
Date
1919

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