Item #113985 An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'. Sketchbook of drawings and, two officers of the 1st AIF, Lieutenant John Harrison GARBUTT, Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' GREEN, verses, illustrations.
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'
An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'

An impressive sketchbook containing 40 original full-page drawings, each accompanied by a poem on the facing page, compiled by two Australian officers on the Western Front during the First World War. The drawings (in pencil, pen and ink, and pen and wash) are by Lieutenant John Horace 'Jack' Green and the verses are by Lieutenant John Harrison Garbutt. Several of the verses appeared later in 'The Musings of a Soldier and Other Poems', which Garbutt published in Ballarat in 1919 under the pseudonym 'Jock of the AIF'

[Western Front, 1918].

Oblong octavo (127 × 187 mm), [40] leaves, each with a full-page drawing on the recto, with accompanying verse in pencil on the facing verso.

Flush-cut quarter cloth and marbled papered boards a little worn and marked, with the boards creased and slightly cracked; a few unobtrusive spots of foxing; minor signs of handling; the contents are essentially in excellent condition.

The drawings include scenes of fighting at the front (Peronne and Passchendale are mentioned), depictions of the digger's life behind the lines, caricatures of Egyptian street vendors, and many sympathetic scenes of the lives of French peasants affected by the war (Ribeauville and Zaleaux [Zaleux] are mentioned). The design of one drawing, illustrating the text of the French patriotic song 'L'Enfant chantait la Marseillaise' is copied (perhaps from a sheet music edition), and a couple of the more caricatured drawings have a Bairnsfatheresque quality to them. For the rest there is a high degree of accomplishment, and no shortage of wit, whimsy and insight in his selection of scenes, actions and personalities to portray. Green has later annotated several pages, apparently when presenting this sketchbook to an unknown third party. Attribution to Lieutenant Green comes from a drawing, captioned 'Mess Hut (near Peronne Sept 18)', which is accompanied by the following verse: 'This little hut near Peronne stands | E'en now it can be seen. | I guess 'twill last for ever | For t'was built by me - Jack Green'. Of the innumerable John Greens who served in the 1st AIF, few served in Egypt and on the Western Front at times that match the dated illustrations. 823 (later 1545, later Lieutenant) Private John Horace 'Jack' Green MM is one of the few possible candidates, and a sample of his handwriting held by the National Archives of Australia is a precise match for the pencilled annotations in the sketchbook. After initially enlisting as sapper in November 1914, Green was discharged (pun unavoidable) as medically unfit with gonorrhoea. He soon re-enlisted, and spent approximately five months in Egypt before embarking for France with the British Expeditionary Force. After promotion to Lance Corporal he was selected to join the Officer Cadet course, qualifying in June 1918 and finally earning his commission in 1918 (this period in the schoolroom is marked by a self-portrait in the sketchbook). One of Green's pencilled annotations states that: 'The little verses in the book were written by my pal Garbutt. The sketches I did from time to time generally when we were spelling time between stunts'. 3063 (later Lieutenant) John Harrison Garbutt was Green's classmate in the Cadet Battalion, and subsequently a fellow officer with the 58th Battalion. This volume is a genuine creative collaboration. Garbutt appears never to have been stationed in Egypt, and so at least some of his verses must be a response to Green's drawings, rather than to his own experiences. Conversely, Green offers a touching pen and wash drawing to accompany Garbutt's poem about a jackaroo friend killed at Gallipoli. Any sketchbook is unique by definition; this example, produced in one of the worst theatres of any war, by not one but two complementary talents, is uniquely satisfying, far more so than the sum of its individual parts.

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