A British sentimental postcard. || Fred Spurgin was the artist who created the touching scene on the front of this postcard, in which a mother and her two small children appear to be thinking of an absent soldier – her husband and their father. The legend beneath reads ‘Not absent from our Hearts.’. The text printed on the reverse of the postcard includes the following lines: ‘“Art and Humour” Publishing Co., 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. / The “A & H” “Reflexion” Series. No. 171. British Manufacture.’ || || A British sentimental postcard entitled 'Not absent from our Hearts.' || Postcard

Two photographic elements make up the front of this postcard. The main scene shows a boy apparently reading a letter, beneath the words, ‘Ever thinking of my Daddy. / I haven’t written very well / But then you see I’m small, / But this is just a card to tell / You’re not forgot at all.’. Inset to his right is a head-and-shoulders photograph of a British soldier, whose cap badge appears to be that of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the King’s (Shropshire) Light Infantry, or the Durham Light Infantry. A message is written in an adult hand in black ink on the reverse. It reads: ‘To my dear Daddy, from your loving little son Gilbert, With fondest love & Ever so many kisses’. The printed information on the back states: ‘The “Firelight” Series No. 112 All British’. || A British sentimental postcard. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard entitled 'Ever thinking of my Daddy'.

Probably taken at the end of hostilities in 1919. Back row, left to right: Charles Elkins, John (Jack) Elkins and Sydney Elkins Front row, left to right: Frederick Elkins and Ernest Elkins