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| Picture No | 10731625 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Cartoon criticising dogs given luxury food in wartime, WW1 |
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'One of the horrors of war. "And did ums tink their mumsie would waste her money on the horrid war and rob her popsy-wopsies of their ickle nicy-picie"'
An illustration by George L. Stampa criticising society ladies who lavished expensive food on their pet dogs during wartime, despite food shortages. The cartoon specifically alluded to a recent court case in 1915 where a lady dog-fancier was told by Mr Justice Avory that at a time when 'every shilling in the country was required for the purpose of preserving our very existence as a nation, it was rather shocking to hear of such sums as £500 being wasted on ladies' pets).
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| Source | Illustration by George L. Stampa in The Bystander, 22 September 1915 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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