This page came out of an oversized British ledger dated 1895 which was originally used for maintaining the register of the National Amalgamated Society of Coopers--a trade union representing coopers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the 1940s, however, Douglas and Nancy Webster, two school children, took hold of it and used it for their own purposes! Here I believe it was likely Nancy who drew a series of portraits of female classmates that are largely less than flattering, followed by a portrait of Hateful Hitler and a Nasty Nazis Swastika, with a “bad egg” label to boot. All contrasted with a British flag waving above a happy family the good old Red White and Blue! Quite a piece of history, and quite a thing.
15 13/16" x 12 3/4" and in overall good condition, on very heavy paper (the first page of the ledger. Roughness along the right edge and a little graphite smudging her and there.
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