Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887-1959 :The candid friend. 'Well, yer know, I like the photo of you in your gas mask best'. [ca 1916]

Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887-1959 :The candid friend. 'Well, yer know, I like the photo of you in your gas mask best'. [ca 1916]
Date
1914 - 1918
Reference
PUBL-0058-3-35
Description

Two British soldiers seated in an attic or barn in France during the First World War. One is looking at photographs of the other and tactlessly saying he prefers the view of the other in his gas-mask, rather than the way he really looks.

Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 223 x 162 mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Works of art, Photolithographs, Albums, Photolithograph, sepia, 223 x 162 mm
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