EMETT, 'AND MY ITALIAN PRISONERS PUT UP THE SILO', INK AND WATERCOLOUR, 1943

241 by 286mm., pen ink and watercolour, signed ‘From Rowland Emett’ and inscribed with title and 'To Mr And Mrs F E Hudson’ below mount, mounted, framed and glazed

EXHIBITED: ‘The Illustrators, The British Art of Illustration 1800-1992’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 28 November-23 December 1992, no 143

Punch, 3 March 1943, page 182; Sidings & Suchlike (London, 1950)

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During the Second World War, Italian POWs captured in the Middle East began arriving in Britain in July 1941. These POWs presented an opportunity to alleviate the labour shortages Britain was facing, particularly in agriculture. Following Italy’s surrender in 1943, over 100,000 Italians volunteered to work as ‘co-operators’.