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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Sea-Pie > July 1919 > (7) Page 99 - There is some wonderful modern painting in Brussels |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74462004 |
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| Description | By W.H. Hutchings, this cartoon shows a soldier sitting in a café opposite a glamorous woman who is applying her make-up. The caption reads: '(Extract from letter home.) - THERE IS SOME WONDERFUL MODERN PAINTING IN BRUSSELS.' Both the positive and negative stereotypes about continental Europe that existed in Britain during the war are used to make this cartoon work. Brussels is acknowledged as a place that is famous for its art galleries, but it is also implied that continental women are more accommodating than their British counterparts. The cartoon jokes about how British servicemen spent their leave during the war, but this must have been a genuine, additional concern for some of the families left at home. |
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| Description | 'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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