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Mabel Keeps Calm and Carries On - The Wartime Postcards of Mabel Lucie Attwell (Paperback)
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Mabel Keeps Calm and Carries On - The Wartime Postcards of Mabel Lucie Attwell (Paperback)
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'During the Second World War, I worked in an empty building by the
Thames. It had been used by the Thames Conservancy Board. When war
came, they moved out and I was moved in. I stayed there for most of
the war. I never went down to an air raid shelter. I was too busy
trying to make people laugh about wartime bread and sausages,
instead of crying about them.' - Mabel Lucie Attwell Mabel Lucie
Attwell was one of Britain's best-loved artists with her work
touching generations, from those who grew up with her classic
characters, Bunty and the Boo-Boos, to those who have read Charles
Kingsley's The Water Babies, which she famously illustrated. Her
art has found its way into homes across the world through
figurines, bathroom plaques and gift cards featuring her charming
designs. Yet, many of her most poignant and humorous illustrations
were created to cheer a world at war. She painted prolifically
throughout the First and Second World Wars, with postcards
featuring her child-like characters and tongue-in-cheek captions
that were typical of her saucy sense of humour. Despite suffering
loss and hardship herself during the wars she continued to
encourage people to 'smile through the tears'. This book which
brings a collection of her wartime postcards together exclusively
for the first time, pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of this
incredible woman and to her art that cannot fail to raise a smile
today for young and old alike.
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