Buy a Poppy

Date made: 1941

Artist: Miller, Harold 'Dusty'

Description: Cartoon drawn for Isle of Man Times newspaper. Allied soldier carries figure of Freedom, wounded in his arms. German soldier looks on.

This cartoon appeared in the Isle of Man Times on 8 November 1941, in advance of Remembrance Sunday. In the newspaper it was accompanied by a poem and the line 'Buy a poppy, it means more today than ever'.

Materials: ink, paper

Object name: cartoon

Collection: Art Collection

ID number: 2005-0069/52

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