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 : A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon


A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

There are times when the Italians must almost wish they were not such good engineers. One of a series of cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander charting his visit to the Italian Front in 1918. This one shows a terrifyingly vertiginous cable car crossing two mountains

Picture No
14103899
Media ID
45620638
Size
3600px x 5303px (2.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander', 6 March 1918, page 499
Date
1918

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