Rarely seen postcards show how Britain’s king of saucy seaside humour McGill turned his hand to the First World War effort This article appeared in the Daily Mail Online 28th July 2014 By Paul Donnelley Published: 16:22, 25 July 2014 | Updated: 19:07, 26 July 2014 © Daily Mail, Postcards © James Bissell-Thomas Donald McGill was better known for saucy seaside humour but turned his hand to the war at outbreak of hostilities Produced more than 1,500 different images for patriotic postcards to bolster the war effort Many of the cards featured sentimental poems and would have been sent from soldiers to their loved ones The biggest collection of First World War posrcards by prolific artist Donald McGill is going on display for the first time – on Monday, the anniversary of the start of the conflict. The artist is famous for his comic seaside postcards, but he also helped the war effort by producing an incredible 1,500 different designs of patriotic postcards. McGill, known as the King of the Seaside Postcard, portrayed British soldiers in a bad light early on in his career, with cards showing them drunk, stealing and seducing women. This McGill postcard features a wounded Tommy