The Bearers of Evil Tidings
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
The Bearers of Evil Tidings
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5249
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, printed: PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI--JULY 19, 1916.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: THE BEARERS OF EVIL TIDINGS. KAISER (soliloquising). "I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WAR IS DISTASTEFUL TO ME, AND / NOW I MEAN IT."
Inscription: Recto: centre left within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / RUSSIAN FRONT.
Inscription: Recto: centre within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / ITALIAN
Inscription: Recto: centre right within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / FRANCO-BRITISH / FRONT
Inscription: Recto: lower left within image, printed: B. P.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: THE BEARERS OF EVIL TIDINGS. KAISER (soliloquising). "I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WAR IS DISTASTEFUL TO ME, AND / NOW I MEAN IT."
Inscription: Recto: centre left within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / RUSSIAN FRONT.
Inscription: Recto: centre within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / ITALIAN
Inscription: Recto: centre right within image, printed: DESPATCH / FROM THE / FRANCO-BRITISH / FRONT
Inscription: Recto: lower left within image, printed: B. P.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: Verso: lower centre, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
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