Fragments magazine poster by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1919

Poster advertising Fragments magazine, published by The Bystander and edited and contributed to by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather whose cartoons in the Bystander during the First World War were hugely popular. Price at 2d. Fragments was aimed at an ex-serviceman readership and boasted a circulation of 7 million within a few months of its launch. His character, Old Bill is pictured in a sailor suit asking, "Are ye comin to see the Prince off, Bert?" Bert was one of Old Bill's sidekicks in the trenches and his comment is about the Prince of Wales tour to North America that year

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