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CAMOUFLAGING THE COLONEL'S BREAKFAST

... . Luftwaffe or no Luftwaffe, the C.O. must have his breakfast, so under elaborate cover the regimental cooks get to work and, course by course, the meal, invisible from the air, is drawn over to its appointed end, starting with an egg PRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 50 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

...AND THEN THE SOLDIER. NO. 5

... AND THEN THE SOLDIER. NO. 5. Our hardened, nimble and alert Army knows how to be gay as well as grim. These drawings by Sherriffs record some of the brighter angles of modern military life somewhere in England to-day. CARICATURES BY SHERRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 42 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

A WIT ON WELL-KNOWNS

... . THESE caricatures of five of our most distinguished exponents in the various arts are on view at Osbert Lancaster's show at the Redfern Gallery; illustrate the excellence of his observation, the sharpness of his wit. Illl III! The Lord Berners grappling wi'.h his muse. Miss Frey'd Stark explaining to a relatively- unsophisticated audience the genius of Mr. Norman Hartnell Mr. Ardixxone ...

Published: Wednesday 03 March 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 98 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

Graphic

... FRONT* RANKERS ON THE RINK: ICE CLUB CELEBRITIES. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by H. F. Crowther-Smith. London's new Ice Club has taken the fancy of Society, and many well-known people find time to practise skating there, and to join in games of ice-hockey. The Marchioness of Londonderry, London's leading Conservative hostesis, is an enthusiast who goes to the Ice Club frequently so are the ...

Published: Wednesday 09 March 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 103 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

GOLF CLUBLAND CARICATURES

... . WHERB WINDING ROTHER FLOWS. TO FIND THB FICKLE TIDE: PERSONALITIES OF RYE GOLF CLUB. Specially drawn for The Sketch by H. F. Crowther-Smith. This picturesque part of the world so graphically described by Kipling in his poem Sussex, in which he speaks of our ports of stranded pride. succumbed to the fascinations of golf in 1893, and has ever since proved its wisdom and foresight. A day's ...

Published: Wednesday 26 May 1926
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 144 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

GOING SLOW

... . REFEREE: Hullo! You playing! I heard you'd been forbidden violent exercise. Player: That's all right. I've cut out dancing. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas. ...

Published: Wednesday 24 November 1926
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 29 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

Graphic

... WHAT WE MOTORISTS ALL FEEL AT TIMES! No. VII. THE SKID. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by G. E. Studdy. ...

Published: Wednesday 17 August 1927
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 20 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

THE FINSBURY RIFLES

... . The regiment noic known as the 6 1ST (FINSBURY RIFLES) A. A. BRIGADE, R.A. (T.A.), has an exceedingly interesting history claiming as its remote ancestors the Archers whose Grand Arena was the fenland north of London reclaimed in the early sixteenth century bv one Roger Ardley Lord Mayor. This land was later known as Fensbury. The Battle Honours of the Great War are carried on the old cap ...

Published: Wednesday 08 June 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 100 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS

... . S.O.S. IS A MUSICAL TERM MEANING 'SAME ONLY SOFTER.' COAL IS DECAYED VEGETARIANS. YOU CAN SEE IT IS. SOLOMON HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 CUCUMBERS. GUY FAWKES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF HE HADN'T SMELT A RAT. Howlers chosen by CECIL HUNT for illustration by EDMUND BLAMPIED. ...

Published: Wednesday 15 June 1938
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 49 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic