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LastDodo number
5402857
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Chelsea Pensioners
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Genre
Material
Technique used
Colouring
Dimensions
49 x 34 cm
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Number
Addition to number
Year
1939
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Details
Original editorial cartoon on board in pen and ink, published in the London Evening News, 1939, as one of the ‘London Laughs’ series, shows two Chelsea pensioners, or army veterans: ‘Well, that’s agreed then. We both get our beards off and try the Air Force’. In mid-March 1939 Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia in violation of the agreements made with France and Britain at Munich six months before, resulting in a greatly increased threat of war. Board size 49 x 34 cm (19 x 13.5 inch), image size 36 x 24 cm, signed lower right, caption in ink in lower border and dated 23-3-39, numbered 1457, slight loss to board at top corners but otherwise in very good condition.