A British sentimental postcard.

A British patriotic postcard || Frederick Spurgin, the artist who created the scene on the front of this postcard, signed his name in the bottom right-hand corner. A small boy wearing a British soldier’s uniform is portrayed with his arm around an even smaller girl, who is gazing intently at a huge book, labelled ‘DICTIONARY’, that has been placed on the seat of the chair in front of them. She is standing on another book, on which rests an army officer’s drawn sword; a rifle has been propped up against the wall next to the chair. A suit of armour, lance in hand, has been posed behind them. The legend emblazoned across the bottom of the postcard reads, ‘WE DON’T KNOW WHAT ‘FEAR’ MEANS.’. The printed information on the reverse states, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “STEADFAST” Series. No. 941. British Manufacture.’. A message, written in black ink, reads, ‘Dear Vi, / Letter & P.C. this morn. See you soon. Love to all. Yrs. Muriel xxx’. It is addressed to ‘Miss I. or ‘J’ V. Macmillan / Station Cottage / Berwick On Tweed’. A postmark tells us that it was posted in Edinburgh on 24 August 1915. || || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard

A photograph of a sad-looking child, hands clasped in prayer, is inset within the spray of flowers and greenery that takes up half of this postcard. To the right is a heading: ‘To my Own Dear Daddy “on Service.”’ The verse below reads: ‘Dear Father, whilst you’re far from Home and country / And those you Love are all so far away / I’m always thinking of you Dearest Daddy, / And send my Love to you for every day ; / At night I ask Our Father up in Heaven / To keep you safe & bring you Home once more / Where you have such an eager welcome waiting / To greet you when you enter at the door ; / And so I send you many kisses Daddy / With lots of Love and wishes Fond and True / That you may know at Home in dear Old Blighty / Your little one is thinking still of you.’ ‘The name ‘Alleyn.’ appears to the right of the last line, with ‘BEAGLES POSTCARDS’ positioned below that; ‘659.D’ and ‘COPYRIGHT.’ have been printed on the opposite side. A message has been written in black ink in an adult hand on the reverse. It reads: ‘To my Darling Daddy. / From his Little Girlie.’ The same hand has also scrawled a date to the left of the message: ‘July 28th 1918’. The printed information on the back includes the following text: ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY J. BEAGLES & CO. LTD., LONDON. E.C.’ (within the stamp box); ‘BEAGLES’ POST CARDS / BEST IN THE WORLD’ and ‘TRADE MARK’ surrounding a logo that comprises a globe with ‘Best’ emblazoned across it; and ‘J. Beagles & Co. Ltd., E.C., Printers & Publishers. / GUARANTEED REAL PHOTOGRAPH.’ || A British sentimental postcard.