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'Reform' cartoon (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1865-1918

Title

'Reform' cartoon (recto)

Date of Production

(circa - recto) 1882

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink with black ink framing lines (recto), graphite (verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 34.5 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

Accession Number

D.2010.XX.10

Mode of Acquisition

The Art Fund, gift, 4.6.2010

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Presented by the Art Fund in 2010.

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

Halkett was celebrated for his images of Liberal Prime Minister William Gladstone, this one drawn on the back of a pencil study for 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' Illustrations. In 1882 Gladstone's government passed the Arrears of Rent Act which cancelled the overdue rents of impoverished Irish tenants. This legislation incensed landlords who considered that their property rights had been abused. Here, a wealthy landlord is unaware that a poor Irishman (in the guise of Gladstone), with a truncheon inscribed 'ARREARS BILL', is removing a piece of paper marked 'RENT' from the gentleman's tailcoat pocket.

Provenance

The Art Fund, possibly since the 1960s; Gift of the Art Fund 2010

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper centre: first line in cursive: "T & G H / KENT".

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper right margin, graphite: "1 Reform / J[uly erased]. 2 Declamation / 3 Grand old man / 4 Two Weeks[?]"; left centre (within drawing, on newspaper), black ink: "RIGHTS / OF / PROPERTY" and on paper in man’s back pocket: "RENT", on bat: "ARREARS BILL"; lower centre margin, graphite, underlined: ""Reform"". Verso: upper right, within the drawing on the sign above the shop, graphite: "SHOEMAK[...]".

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