E.H. Shepard | "...Blimey, they must be having a hot time on them beaches!", original illustration for Punch Magazine, 21 June 1944

E.H. Shepard

"In the News. 'Blimey, they must be having a hot time on them beaches!'"

SIGNED BY THE ARTIST in ink at lower-right-hand margin, 381 x 269 mm, executed in pen, ink, gouache, and pencil on cardboard, captioned and dated by the artist in pencil at lower margin, residue from old sticker at lower left-hand margin

An original illustration by Shepard for the 21 June 1944 issue of Punch Magazine. The cartoon depicts troops involved in the Burma campaign reading about the Allied invasion of Normandy, which had been launched on 6 June 1944 ("D-Day").