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The Bearers of Evil Tidings

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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