A British patriotic postcard. || The name of the artist – ‘T. GILSON’ – who drew the contented scene on the front of this postcard can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner. He has depicted a nurse tending to a childish-looking, smoke-ring-blowing British soldier wearing ‘hospital blues’, the uniform issued to injured soldiers convalescing in Britain. The text below reads: ‘I’ve done my bit for a bit and this bit’s a bit better’. ‘No. 705’ and ‘BRITISH MANUFACTURE’ is the only information of note printed on the reverse.

A British patriotic postcard || ‘G E Shepheard’, the name of the artist who created this portrait of a boy dressed as a wounded British soldier wearing ‘hospital blues’, can be seen on the right, above the word ‘Oilette’. Written beneath the heading below, ‘“Little Boy Blue”’, are the following verses: ‘Little Boy Blue / Your little bit’s done. / You’ve hurried & worried / And fought with the Hun. // Little Boy Blue / We honour you so. / We give you a welcome / Wherever you go.’. The printed information on the reverse states, ‘Copyright London / LITTLE BOY BLUE / Raphael Tuck & Sons “Oilette” Postcard No. 8471 / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN’ and ‘Printed in the United Kingdom’. The postcard is franked ‘LEWISHAM S.E. London / 8 30 ?M 6 DEC 16’. A name, address and message have been written in black ink: ‘Master Campbell / 202 Algernon Road / Lewisham / S.E. / Local’, ‘With love & best wishes for your birthday from Auntie Kate.’. || || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard

This postcard displays two photographic elements: a head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier in the top left-hand corner, and a retouched scene showing a boy dressed as a British army officer kissing his sorrowful-looking mother. Headed ‘From Your Little Son’, the verse below reads: ‘Daddy dear my love I’m sending, / Over the Ocean blue, / To tell you, though you’re far away, / Your Laddie thinks of you.’. The printed text on the reverse states ‘Produced entirely in England’ and ‘Series No. 91’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard