South of the border

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales
Accession Number AWM2018.148.1.8
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 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 cartoon depicts soldiers watching a man on stage attempt to conduct a song. A woman in a spotty dress sits at the piano behind the conductor, hands poised ready to play.