A Broken Lullaby
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
A Broken Lullaby
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.5265
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 23, 1913.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: A BROKEN LULLABY. / EUROPA. "OH HUSH THEE, MY BABY!" / THE INFANT ALBANIA. "HOW CAN I HUSH ME WITH ALL THIS INFERNAL NOISE GOING ON?" / EUROPA. "WELL, YOU MUST DO AS I DO, AND PRETEND YOU DON'T HEAR IT." / [At last week's meeting the Ambassadors were still chiefly occupied with Albania. The question of the attitude of the Powers towards the present Balkan crisis was not discussed.]
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: A BROKEN LULLABY. / EUROPA. "OH HUSH THEE, MY BABY!" / THE INFANT ALBANIA. "HOW CAN I HUSH ME WITH ALL THIS INFERNAL NOISE GOING ON?" / EUROPA. "WELL, YOU MUST DO AS I DO, AND PRETEND YOU DON'T HEAR IT." / [At last week's meeting the Ambassadors were still chiefly occupied with Albania. The question of the attitude of the Powers towards the present Balkan crisis was not discussed.]
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
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