Picture No | 10823647 |
Date | November 1917 |
Description | The Sphere Christmas 1917 cover |
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'It was like this, Mother'
The cover of The Sphere's Christmas 1917 issue. An illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a young British officer, home on leave for the holiday period, sitting at his mother's feet on the floor in front of the fireplace. He is demonstrating, with the aid of tongs and other hearthside implements, an action in which he has been involved while at the front.
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Source | Drawing by Edmund Blampied The Sphere 26 November 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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