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Picture No 10823001
Date 1916
Description Daddy's Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
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Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front. A plump Christmas pudding is being wrapped in a napkin and one little girl contemplates a box of cigarettes ('smokes for Tommy' was the fuel of the British Army!), a little boy brandishes a pipe (also in demand) and a plate of mince pies waits to be packed.
Source Drawn by Samuel Begg in 'The Illustrated London News', Christmas Number, 1916
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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