Taking the Oath

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales
Accession Number AWM2018.148.1.2
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 17.8 x 25.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen, ink and pencil on paper
Maker Sprod, George Napier
Date made June 17, 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

This is the only cartoon in Sprod's sketchbook that is dated. 'Taking the Oath' features men in civilian dress, resting their hands on a bible at the time of the enlistment. In the background there is a light sketch of the same scene unfolding, set further away in the same room.