A Holiday Task
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
A Holiday Task
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5253
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
golf club
holiday
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, printed: PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI - JUNE 3, 1914.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: A HOLIDAY TASK. / PRIME AND WAR MINISTER. "AFRAID I'VE LET YOU IN FOR RATHER AN AWKWARD JOB / WITH THIS AMENDING BILL." / LORD CREWE. "MY DEAR FELLOW, YOU'RE SO VERSATILE--WHY NOT SPEND THE / REST OF THE RECESS MAKING YOURSELF A BARON OR A BISHOP? THEN YOU COULD / TAKE IT ON INSTEAD OF ME."
Inscription: Verso: centre, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
Stamp: Verso: centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: A HOLIDAY TASK. / PRIME AND WAR MINISTER. "AFRAID I'VE LET YOU IN FOR RATHER AN AWKWARD JOB / WITH THIS AMENDING BILL." / LORD CREWE. "MY DEAR FELLOW, YOU'RE SO VERSATILE--WHY NOT SPEND THE / REST OF THE RECESS MAKING YOURSELF A BARON OR A BISHOP? THEN YOU COULD / TAKE IT ON INSTEAD OF ME."
Inscription: Verso: centre, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979
Stamp: Verso: centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
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