I Can't Swim by George Ranstead
A rather racist view of a Jewish man in a bathing costume, claiming he cannot swim (there may be some hidden meaning to this image, but we have not being able to work out what it is). Drawn on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps. Ranstead was one of many soldiers of WWI who took up drawing as a hobby. His subjects range from wartime humour to pictures of pretty girls and are clearly influenced by images in the illustrated magazines of the period
Picture No
10527719
Media ID
46550900
Size
3371px x 5292px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Postcard drawing by George Ranstead
Date
circa 1916
