Flag of truce - cartoon for 'Punch'
Maker
(artist)
1820-1914
1820-1914
Title
Flag of truce - cartoon for 'Punch'
Date of Production
(December) 1899
Medium
graphite, white bodycolour (as erasure) on white wove paper, with graphite framing lines, laid down on an old card support
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 19 cm
Width: 19 cm
Accession Number
D.1965.WF.4743
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1965 (June)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
revolvers
Provenance
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); Rudolf Gift via the Witt Fund June 1965
Exhibition History
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 61
cat. no. 61
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, upper left, graphite: “FLAG / OF / TRUCE”; lower left corner, graphite, signed with monogram and dated: “JT / 1899”; lower right corner (now no longer visible - see photo), graphite: “TENNIEL / Gift Rudolf / June 1965”. Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner (no longer visible, see photo), graphite: “s/-”; centre, graphite: “11”; lower left (inscription no longer visible - see photo), graphite: “5.65 [this crossed out] / 4.65 / 4743”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “4.65”. Separate card mounted on bottom of historic support, graphite: “John Tenniel. / The Sullied White Flag. / John Bull. "If you abuse that flag. I won't answer for my men!" / Punch. Dec. 20. 1899.”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, upper left, graphite: “FLAG / OF / TRUCE”; lower left corner, graphite, signed with monogram and dated: “JT / 1899”; lower right corner (now no longer visible - see photo), graphite: “TENNIEL / Gift Rudolf / June 1965”. Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner (no longer visible, see photo), graphite: “s/-”; centre, graphite: “11”; lower left (inscription no longer visible - see photo), graphite: “5.65 [this crossed out] / 4.65 / 4743”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “4.65”. Separate card mounted on bottom of historic support, graphite: “John Tenniel. / The Sullied White Flag. / John Bull. "If you abuse that flag. I won't answer for my men!" / Punch. Dec. 20. 1899.”.
Collector's mark: none.
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