He is out on active service. The absent minded beggar.

He is out on active service. The absent minded beggar.

Illustration, Military

Lantern slide of illustration from The Absent Minded Beggar. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and often accompanied by an illustration of a wounded but defiant British soldier, "A Gentleman in Kharki", by Richard Caton Woodville. The song was written as part of an appeal by the Daily Mail to raise money for soldiers fighting in the Second Boer War and their families. The fund was the first such charitable effort for a war.

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82mm x 82mm

Image

LS0174

Gift

Pete Spencer, Bolton, UK, Former Owner

Magic Lantern Slide