William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)

"German officers training the gentle Boche to regard the British soldier in a spirit of friendliness"

細節

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)
"German officers training the gentle Boche to regard the British soldier in a spirit of friendliness"
signed 'W/Heath/Robinson', inscribed as title and further inscribed 'The Hun Virtuous'
pencil, pen and black ink
14¼ x 10¾in. (36 x 27.5cm.)

出版

Possibly an illustration for William Heath Robinson's The Saintly Hun, published by Duckworth, 1917.

拍品專文

By the onset of the First World War, Heath Robinson had already published a series of wartime cartoons in Sketch paving the way for his success as a wartime cartoonist. Popular with both servicemen and civilians alike, he saw no glory in warfare regarding it as absurd. This is visualised through the understated satirical tone of his images that culminated in the publication of his masterpiece of wartime satire The Saintly Hun: Book of German Virtues in 1917.