Level | Item |
Ref No | ST/5/2/3 |
Alt Ref No | T011 |
Title | Ink Drawing: Children Enacting Pretend Gas Attack |
Date | 11 October 1916 |
Extent | 1 mounted ink drawing |
Name of Creator | Shepard; E H |
Description | One ink drawing on card depicting a nursery nurse discovering children blowing soot out of the fireplace as gas for pretend military games. Published in Punch on 11 Oct 1916. Caption reads: ' Frantic Nurse: "Gracious goodness, children! What are you doing?" Youthful Chorus: "Gas Attack"'. |
Language | English |
Physical Description | Corners dented and creased. |
Format | Artwork |
Exhibitions | Kunstenaar in oorlogstijd. E.H. Shepard, tekenaar van Winnie-the-Pooh (Artist in wartime. E.H. Shepard, draughtsman of Winnie -the-Pooh) exhibition at Museum Huis Doorn in the Netherlands, August to December 2017. |