War cartoons and drawings by "Mac", c.1940s
War cartoons and drawings by "Mac", c.1940s
About this item
Full title
Date
c.1940s
Call Numbers
PXE 897
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 49 x 35 cm. or smaller in portfolio 52 x 39 cm. - 3 cardboard mounted - 1 portfolio of 47 drawings, chiefly ink & coloured pencil, also crayon & ink wash
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Me! Reading your letter!
2. "That dog ain't so 'tropo' digger"
3. "I wonder what all those soldiers are looking for ??!"
4. "Just wait til I get you home George!" [pencil sketch of 2 leaves on reverse]
5. The "AWAS" trying out un-armed combat [half a rudimentary pencil sketch on reverse]
6. Boy! What a "bail-out"!
7. We have in...
Alternative Titles
Full title
War cartoons and drawings by "Mac", c.1940s
Notes
General note
Most drawings signed by the artist
Dated from the years of World War II
These cartoons were possibly part of the literary papers of John Forbes, 1980s-1990s (see notes on ML file). For access to this material, please contact the Curator of Manuscripts
Signature / Inscriptions
"Mac cartoons" -- embossed on portfolio
"To Dot from Mac, December 1943" -- handwritten in ink at lower right (45)
"My dear Dot, goodnight Dot, tons and tons of kisses, Mac" -- handwritten in ink at upper left, lower right (47)
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Dec. 2002
Administrative / Biographical history
These drawings are probably those of a World War II serviceman, Signaller McDowell, 34 Operating Section, 18th Australian L of C Signals, as this is the name and identification given at the top right hand corner of Item 47
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 897
Record Identifier
nV2qvxln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qvxln
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423807
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