| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART29782 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 21.2 x 23.5 cm [irregular] |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brush, pen and ink and wash heightened with white on five pieces of paper on backing sheet |
| Maker |
Taylor, Grace |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland |
| Date made | c. 1942-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Weeding carrots with the A.W.L.A.
Description
Five sheets of paper with different text and images have been assembled onto a single sheet with the title 'Wedding carrots with the A.W.L.A'. One cartoon reads 'How to 'tell' a young carrot -- and what', accompanied by a picture of a weed and a picture of a carrot seedling which look exactly the same. Another cartoon shows a woman shuffling on the ground on her bottom with the caption, 'When weeds become 'wild' we stalk them like this'. A third cartoon shows a young woman lying on her side resting her head on her elow as she pulls weeds from the carrot crop. The caption reads, 'He loves me - he loves me not' position recommend by those in love, in doublt -- or merely indisposed.
Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for the administration of AWLA workers. She founded an unofficial newsletter for the Land Army Girls, to which she contributed humorous verse, prose and cartoons.