02 Works, The Art of War, Eric Kennington’s Bantam Hercules and Raider with a Cosh, with footnotes
Apr 8, 2024
A Bantam Hercules, c. 1917
Charcoal on paper
762 × 483 mm
Tate
At the beginning of the first world war, army recruits under 5 feet 2 inches tall were rejected. But ‘in the factory districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, the average stature was lower’…