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The Forty Thieves by Ian Query

Promotional postcard for The Forty Thieves by Ian Query The man in black carrying a bag of gold is Paul Kruger, a pantomime villain for British audiences during the Boer War. However, this stock poster was still being used during the First World War the reverse has the David Allen and Sons message about being "willing and able to do any printing formerly done in Germany and Austria"

Picture No
11680279
Media ID
46924260
Size
4724px x 2992px (2.3MB)
Credit
© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
promotional postcard
Date
circa 1910s

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