The Cock with Two Wives by George Ranstead
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The Cock with Two Wives by George Ranstead
Second in a series of six drawings depicted the Aesop Fable about the man with two wives but acted out by chickens instead. In this picture, one wife objects to the husbands white feathers, and the objects to his black feathers. Drawn on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps. Ranstead was one of many soldiers of WWI who took up drawing as a hobby. His subjects range from wartime humour to pictures of pretty girls and are clearly influenced by images in the illustrated magazines of the period.
circa 1916
Media ID 7184335
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Aesop Chicken Cock Cockerel Fable Fables Feathers Hens Post Card Poultry Ranstead Rooster
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