Description: WITH CHINESE LABOUR CORPS.N. C. O. "Don't yer know yer own bloomin number yet?Chinaman (proudly).” One-seven-six”+ This is a 1940 Punch reprint of a Charles Grave cartoon first published in November, 1918.+ The 95,000 Chinese farm labourers who, almost a century ago, volunteered to leave their remote villages and work for Britain in the first world war, have been called "the forgotten of the forgotten".+ When Britain realised with horror that the war would last longer than expected and was taking its toll on its troops at the Western Front, they looked east to China to recruit men who could provide logistical help behind the lines. China, then a fledgling republic, was keen to assist the Western Allies, as this was an opportunity to cast off its humiliating label of being 'the sick man of Asia' and regain its status in the international society. Nearly 100,000 men were shipped over from the province of Shandong to the battlefields of France and Flanders. This was the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) and, together with a further 40,000 employed by the French, they would become the largest foreign labour corps to serve the Allies during World War I.+ The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) was a largely unknown division formed under the British Army during the First World War. It was primarily made up of volunteer workers from China and Mongolia to serve in non-combatant roles from 1917 into the early 1920s.Size: Partial page cartoon, cropped as shown in the first image measure 5 x 6 1/inches. Full page measures 8 x 10 1/2 including borders. Source: British Punch magazine, August 14, 1940, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Condition: very good deed -- low-grade war-time paper with light tanning, otherwise clean; the page has been humidified and flattened for best appearance (and if framed); frontside and backside with unrelated text, as published, with some show-through on the facing side possible -- please look closely.__________________________________________________________________________________Over 5,000 Punch cartoons listed for sale (store category "Punch cartoons"), combine orders and save shipping charges. Questions are always welcome. Please use 'Add to Basket' instead of 'Buy now' if buying more than one so that eBay only charges one lot of postage per order.Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.
Price: 11.95 USD
Location: Milton, Vermont
End Time: 2024-11-12T20:23:39.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Artist: Charles Grave
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1940
Style: Cartoon
Subject: "WITH THE CHINESE LABOR CORPS" - {BRITISH RACISM}
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
