Father Christmas Visiting Changi

Ronald Searle (1920-2011)

Price

SOLD

Signed

Signed and dated 1944
Inscribed 'Changi Gaol Christmas 1944' inside card

Medium

Ink and crayon with bodycolour

Dimensions

5 ¼ x 3 ½ inches

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1806-2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2025-January 2026, no 179

Ronald Searle was taken prisoner in 1942 when Singapore fell to the Japanese during the Second World War. He was held at Changi Gaol, as well as being sent to work on the Siam-Burma Death Railway. Whilst at Changi, he produced drawings of his experiences of camp life, as well as contributing to camp newspapers, revues and christmas cards produced by the prisoners.

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