‘When an Englishman talks like that | he means business!’
A British patriotic postcard
Frederick Spurgin created the scene on the front of this postcard, which is captioned, ‘When an Englishman talks like that, he means business!’ Spurgin has portrayed a young newspaper seller holding a newspaper whose front page reads, ‘Looker-On / Every single one means to go in and do his duty’. To the right, a girl looks up at a boy dressed as a British soldier, who is gesticulating towards an open doorway. The printed details on the reverse state, ‘Art and Humour Publishing Co., 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. / A & H “WITTY WEEUNS” Series. No. 153. British Manufacture.’. A message, headed ‘Perham Down in Wiltshire / 9.2.17’ has been written in black ink. It reads: ‘Dear Little Ethel, / How is my little sweetheart getting on? But I suppose you have someone else now eh! / Thank you very much & Ruth also for the nice box of cakes you helped make. / Much love to you both & Percy from Arthur’.
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Postcard
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
1917-02-09
LANGUAGE
eng
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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