Description: HAVEN; "On the famous site of The Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond Hill, a Home is to be built for Soldiers and Sailors totally disabled by the War. ""You can never repay these utterly broken men. But you can show your gratitude by helping to build this Home, where they will be tenderly cared for during the rest of their lives. Let every woman send what she can to-day to the Lady Cowdray, Hon. Treasurer, The British Women's Hospital Fund, 21 Old Bond Street, W." --Illustration by Bernard Partridge, originally a poster, showing a robed allegorical figure of womanhood supporting an injured man as she helps him through a doorway, captioned, "Haven. --The Star & Garter Home in Richmond opened its doors to the first residents on 14 January 1916, under the auspices of the British Red Cross Society, to care for the severely disabled young men returning from the battlegrounds of the First World War.Size: Partial page cartoon, cropped as shown in the first image measure 5 3/4 x 7 inches. Full page measures 8 x 10 1/2 including borders. Source: British PUNCH Magazine, January 19, 1916, original, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Condition: bright and clean paper, no handling wear, page lays flat for easy framing; unrelated text on facing and back sides.Over 3,500 Punch cartoons listed for sale, store category "Punch Cartoons"; combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Milton, Vermont
End Time: 2024-12-22T22:51:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Cyril Bretherton
Style: Cartoon
Type: Print
Subject: WW1, UK, Red Cross
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1916
Date of Creation: 1934
Color: Black and White
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
