World War I: a soldier writing a letter home. Colour process print, ca. 1916.

[England] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1916] (British manufacture)

1 postcard : process print ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Love to all at home. Though duty took me from your side, At the Empire's call to fight; There's none can ever love you more, Than he who writes to-night.

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Puttees (as shown in this photomontage) were originally developed by the British Army in Inda in the nineteenth century, and were widely used by British troops in World War I. They also became a fetish object, no doubt due to the way they outlined and exaggerated the muscles of the calf".

Wellcome Collection 2060363i