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The Soldier\u2019s Return<\/h2>\n
Le Blond No. 77<\/div>\n
Date:<\/strong> 1854-1867
\nSize:<\/strong> 6 3\/4″ \u00d7 5 1\/4″<\/div>\n

A returned soldier recounts his experiences to villagers gathered outside an inn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n
\n

From The LeBlond Book<\/em> by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\"The\n<\/div>\n
\n93. The Soldier\u2019s Return. Le Blond, No. 77.
\nOn the right, seated at a table outside the inn, with the carpenter and two other villagers, is the soldier; and to the company, including the deaf old gentleman leaning out of the window, he is reliant, over a pot of good ale, all his deeds of valour and how he won his medal. His uniform is not the familiar khaki worn by \u2018Tommy\u2019 in these days, but the garments of \u2018the thin red line.\u2019 On the left are two horses, drinking. On the right again, \u2018mutely she sits, the soldier\u2019s wife, her brave one\u2019s work is done; she only knows that in fierce strife the battle has been won,\u2019 so now she is concentrating her attention on her children. Probably published about the time of the return of the troops from the Crimea, and makes an excellent companion to No. 94. <\/p>\n

Size, width 6 \u00be inches. Length 5 \u00bc inches. M.R. \u00a32.
\nThe print is signed on the bottom centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Soldier\u2019s Return Le Blond No. 77 Date: 1854-1867 Size: 6 3\/4″ \u00d7 5 1\/4″ A returned soldier recounts his experiences to villagers gathered outside an inn. From The LeBlond Book by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920 93. The Soldier\u2019s Return. Le Blond, No. 77. 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