Bargains in Bombs by Bruce Bairnsfather
A group of sinister looking European anarchists assemble at an auction where British bombs are being auctioned by sale by a British officer in the aftermath of World War I. The caption reads, Anarchists at a sale on the Western Front. Several good hand grenades, suitable for elections, were also sold'. The auctioneer's sidekick, Bairnsfather's creation, Old Bill, tells one anarchist, Nao! we can't send em to Madrid you must take em with ye
Picture No
10272751
Media ID
47518519
Size
3640px x 5063px
(2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/ONSLOW AUCTIONS LIMITED
Source
Original illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather in the Onslow's Auctioneers Collection. Originally published in The Bystand
Date
1918
