Mary Evans Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work 10651744

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Picture No	10651744
Date	1939
Description	Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work
Details	Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist, famous for his curmudgeonly creation, 'Ole Bill' - a typical British Tommy - during the First World War for The Bystander magazine. Ole Bill can be seen in the one of the drawings above Bairnsfather on the mantlepiece. Such was Bairnsfather's popularity during the Great War, General Sir Ian Hamilton called him, 'The man who made the world laugh in its darkest hour.'
Source	Photograph by Hollywood Photographs for 'The Bystander', 27 September 1939, page 465
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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