Description | Ink cartoon, 15.5x11.5 cm, of two carpenters in uniform. The one on the left is planing a piece of wood, the other is chopping a [door?] with an axe. At the bottom left, there is the annotation "(IW&D RE.)" [indicating that the carpenters were members of the Inland Waterways and Docks section of the Royal Engineers, who were responsible for developing, operating, and maintenance of canal-based transport on the Western Front and elsewhere]. At the bottom is the caption/title "Carpenters at Work" ["work" is underlined]. E. H. Shepard's initals appear in the lower right corner with the date 1917. With frame, it measures 32x24 cm. |