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Picture No 10837820
Date 1919
Description No Joke! by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather post- WW1 cartoon
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'The Censor has been most kind to me throughout the war. I have made the above drawing simply out of gratitude. I have also omitted the joke, thus ensuring complete approval.' A typical cartoon of trench life by Bruce Bairnsfather, with various notes (from an imaginary censor) criticising various aspects of the drawing from the out of date rifle to the joke being shared between the two Tommies.
Source Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, 8 January 1919
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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