A French and a British sailor embrace, with their ships inset below; representing alliance between the French and British navies. Coloured photographic postcard, 191-.

Date:
[between 1910 and 1919?]
Reference:
2059500i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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A French and a British sailor embrace, with their ships inset below; representing alliance between the French and British navies. Coloured photographic postcard, 191-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photo montage showing the two sailors holding their respective flags, with arms entwined and looking into each others' eyes. Below are their ships Jean-Bart and H.M.S. Indefatigable. Possibly representing joint Franco-British naval exercises off Malta? The flags and parts of the sailors' uniforms have been hand-coloured.

Publication/Creation

[Italy] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1919?] (Made in Italy)

Physical description

1 photographic postcard : print and gouache ; 8.8 x 13.6 cm

Lettering

Souvenirs de Malta. Jean-Bart. H.M.S. Indefatigable

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "A commercially produced card (from Italy), hand coloured real photo montage. The two sailors are posed arms entwined and looking into each others eyes".

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2059500i

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