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War cartoon: "Yessir! I'll be a acting Lance Corporal..."

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Item

Date:

[ca. 1945].

Reference:

R429, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4518373

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John Bell collection

War cartoon: "Yessir! I'll be a acting Lance Corporal..."
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Date(s):

[ca. 1945].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing: pen and ink on wove paper; 13.5 x 21.1 cm.
Support 13.500 x 21.100 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of one drawing depicting a figure holding a wrench talking to a portly figure standing behind a desk who is wagging his finger at him.

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Artist: Ralston, J

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Physical description note:

Item is drawn on a slip of Canadian YMCA paper, with the caption "On active service" written across the top besides the YMCA logo. Item also appears to have been folded multiple times. The ink has bled through to verso. 3 corners are folded.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed in ink, in the print, t.: Yessir! I'll be a acting/lance corporal---/I'll even carry the midnite mail!
Inscribed in ink, in the print, b.: Ralston

Source:

Private

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2009-00513-9

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176
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R429]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 176

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R429-176

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