The name of the artist responsible for the scene on the front of this postcard can be seen above the caption: ‘Donald McGill’. He has portrayed a small, weeping boy holding his smarting bottom. A man with a walking stick is seen leaving the room. The caption below reads, ‘They make a lot of fuss about fellers hurt at the front!’. The printed details on the reverse include, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “TWELVE-SEVEN-FOUR” Series. No. 1279. British Manufacture.’. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master F R Davy / Little Coates / Grimsby’. The message reads, ‘For Barbara & You → xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How are you? Grannie & I arrived at Auntie Winnies just in time for tea. Hope you are being a very good boy what did Daddy say about the chicken Much love from Mummie’. The stamp is partly illegible, but parts read ‘Potter’s Bar’ and ‘4 MY 16 or 18’. || A British comic postcard || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front

A British comic postcard || The artist’s name, ‘D Tempest’, can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner of this postcard. The scenario that he portrayed above shows a small screaming girl, with the inset scene above her depicting a young women sitting on a bench flanked by two men wearing soldiers’ caps and ‘hospital blues’. The caption above reads, ‘I wish sister’s young man would come home – she’s got the blues!’. The postcard was franked ‘13 SEP 17’. It has been addressed in purple pencil to ‘Miss L Williams / Netherby ? / Avenue Rd. / Duffield / Nr Derby in Derbyshire’. The accompanying message reads, ‘266657 Pte C Tandy ? / Hut 6 / Queen Marys Hospital / Roehampton / London S.W / Dear Lily / Just a line as promised I arrived hear sic safe after a long journey that is ? ? ? Love to all at home from Charlie.’. The printed details on the reverse state ‘Bamforth & Co., Ltd., Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York / ‘Witty Comics’ Series No. 550 Printed in England.’. || || A British comic postcard || Postcard || Front

This black-and-white postcard has faded over the years, rendering part of the caption illegible. Our best guess is that it reads ‘Telling the old, old story’. Pictured below are a boy dressed as a British army officer and a girl wearing a nurse’s outfit. The printed details on the reverse include ‘(91)’ and ‘Entirely British Manufacture.’. || A British sentimental and patriotic postcard || || Postcard || A British sentimental and patriotic postcard.