WWI Comic Print Set War Bruce Bairnsfather Soldier Cartoons....

Hammer

£45

WWI Comic Print Set War Bruce Bairnsfather Soldier Cartoons. Set of 4 original vintage World War One comic cartoon artwork prints by prominent British humorist and cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959). 1. The Professional Instinct Again - artwork features a soldier juggling grenades in the trenches as his fellow soldiers run for cover. Caption below reads - 'Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly "Shinio," the popular juggler), frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon.' Bystander copyright. Fragments from France No 4. Fair condition, staining, creasing, paper losses on border, printed poster stuck to board mount. Country of issue: UK, designer: Bruce Bairnsfather, size (cm): 41x29, year of printing: 1910s; 2. No Possible Doubt Whatever - soldier acting as night watchman and looking at a man walking by in the shadows and holding a sack. Caption below details an exchange between the two men - Sentry: " 'Alt! Who goes there?" He of the Bundle: "You shut yer mouth, or I'll come and knock yer 'ead off" Sentry: "Pass Friend!" Bystander copyright. Fragments from France No 1. Fair condition, staining, creasing, paper losses on border, printed poster stuck to board mount. Country of issue: UK, designer: Bruce Bairnsfather, size (cm): 41x29, year of printing: 1910s; 3. That Evening Star-Shell - soldier who has fallen over and dropped his gun and a bottle of water as a shell shines in the night sky above like a shooting star. Other versions of the cartoon have had the caption - 'That Evening Star-Shell - Oh Star of eve, whose tender beam Fall on my Spirits Troubled Dream.' Fair condition, creasing, tears, paper losses on border, printed poster stuck to paper mount. Country of issue: UK, designer: Bruce Bairnsfather, size (cm): 41x29, year of printing: 1910s; 4. A Maxim Maxim - two British soldiers taking cover behind a wall, one manning a machine gun while the other looks through his binoculars at a German soldier napping against a tree. Other versions of the cartoon have had the caption -'A Maxim Maxim - Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself." Fair condition, creasing, paper losses on border, staining, printed poster stuck to paper mount. Country of issue: UK, designer: Bruce Bairnsfather, size (cm): 41x29, year of printing: 1910s.