Popular Misconceptions: Life in the B.E.F

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Popular Misconceptions: Life in the B.E.F

Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-1940)

Price

£4,000

Signed

Signed
Inscribed with title below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

7 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches

Provenance

David M Rogers Collection

Illustrated

Punch, 13 December 1939;
Pont, The British Carry On, A Collection of Wartime Drawings, London: Collins, 1939, page 36

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 127

'Drawn in December, 1939, during the period of Phoney War – before the Germans launched their devastating attacks on Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, and before the British Expeditionary Force had seen action.'
Bernard Hollowood, Pont: The Life and Work of the Great Punch Artist, page 111

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