The Sentry by Bruce Bairnsfather
Original pencil sketch by the famous World War I cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill, showing a British soldier standing sentry in a trench. He stands next to a brazier, around which several discarded food tins lie, holds his rifle on his back with bayonet fixed and is wrapped up against the cold with a scarf and balaclava
Picture No
10272752
Media ID
47518520
Size
3787px x 5051px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/ONSLOW AUCTIONS LIMITED
Source
Original pencil drawing by Bruce Bairnsfather in the Onslow's Auctioneers Collection
Date
c.1917
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