Still Sketching by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard showing a sailor sketching his comrades on the deck of a ship.The sketch is 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
10527707
Media ID
45523057
Size
3765px x 5984px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Postcard drawing by George Ranstead
Date
circa 1916
