"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746E4

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled
before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle
image recto: A sketch of a Chinese man in a tunic jacket and horn hat sitting cross-legged. He holds a cleaver in his
right hand and appears to be chopping a spherical object which is on the ground in front of him.
image verso: An ink and pencil sketch titled 'Tamil' showing a barefoot man carring a large circular object under his right arm and

balancing a roll of material on his head.