A British sentimental postcard || The faintly inscribed initials of the artist who drew the scene on the front of this postcard – ‘M S W’ – have been inscribed beneath its title, ‘The Absent One.’, which has been printed in the bottom right-hand corner. Above, a small girl is shown standing on a chair beside her mother, kissing a photograph of her soldier–father on the mantelpiece. On the back, the printed details inform us that the postcard was produced by ‘C. W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd., London, E.C.’, along with ‘British Production (Copyright). / Series 1525 E’. There is a name and address written in black ink, as well as a message to ‘Miss K. Carr / Waterstock Rectory / Wheatley S. O. / Oxon.’. The message reads, ‘I hope to have a letter from you in the morning. There is now only one post. We have had no rain since I came. Daddie said it was snowing at Keswick. Mother’. The postmark is incomplete, but the postcard may have been posted on 24 September 1916. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

The main scene on the front of this postcard depicts a girl kneeling on a bed, her hands raised in prayer, with her mother supporting her by her arms. There is a doll at the end of the bed and a pair of shoes and socks on the floor. Inset into the top right-hand corner is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier. The text below reads: ‘To one we love. / We’re sending a message, just we two, / For there’s something we want to say to you; / For we love you, oh, such a big, big lot, / You’re the dearest thing in the world we’ve got.’. Printed details on the reverse include ‘Series No. 2993/3. Printed in England’ and ‘“Philco” Series’. There is a pencilled message on the back, too: ‘To my Dear wife. I thought I would send you a card as I was in Dover ? last night was the first time since I have been back. I have been training with rifles this week and we are to start firing next week. I think of trying to get a weekend pass next week and go to Sittingbourne ? and arrange for the sale of ? traps ? if I can. We have been put through it this week and no mistake.’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard || Front

The printed information on the reverse of this postcard states: ‘All British Production / Series No 496 6’, and ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND’. Three elements make up the front: firstly, a photographic scene depicting a little girl holding a photograph of a soldier; she is apparently conversing with her mother, who is doing some mending; what appears to be a letter lies on the table next to them. The second element is an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier, cigarette in hand, who seems to be looking down on his wife and child. The third element is a verse headed ‘Greetings to our Loved One.’, which reads: ‘Loving greetings we speed to you, / Though we’re far apart, / And though you’re absent from us, / You dwell within our heart.’ || A British sentimental postcard. || || A British sentimental postcard headed 'Greetings to our Loved One.' || Postcard