Inscribed with title and dated u.r.: San Severo 22nd Jan/From Franky's Window/"Day Off"

Watercolour and gouache over pen and ink, 31 by 39 cm

The present work is from an archive of Wartime drawings which were taken as Brookshaw served as a flying officer interpreting aerial photographs during the allied campaign in Italy in the Winter of 1943-1944. In the 1930s Brookshaw had enjoyed a distinguished career as a graphic artist, executing poster designs for London Transport and illustrations for magazines including Radio Times, The Daily Mail and The Sunday Express.