From The LeBlond Book by C.T. Courtney Lewis:
93. The Soldier’s Return. Le Blond, No. 77.
On 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 ‘Tommy’ in these days, but the garments of ‘the thin red line.’ On the left are two horses, drinking. On the right again, ‘mutely she sits, the soldier’s wife, her brave one’s work is done; she only knows that in fierce strife the battle has been won,’ 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.Size, width 6 ¾ inches. Length 5 ¼ inches. M.R. £2.
The print is signed on the bottom centre.
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