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Called to Heel

Maker

(artist)
1861-1945

Title

Called to Heel

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 25 cm
Width: 18 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5268

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.--MARCH 25, 1908.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: CALLED TO HEEL. / GAY YOUNG RADICAL DOG (to Socialist charmer). "WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO MY PRETTY MAID?" / SQUIRE WHITELEY (his guardian). "I DON'T KNOW-OR CARE-WHERE SHE'S GOING TO; BUT / YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME, MY BOY-AND I'LL TALK TO YOU LIK A FATHER." / [Mr. George Whiteley, Liberal Whip, has publicly rebuked those of his Party who voted for the Unemployment Bill. They seemed to / think, he said that "they were entitled to philander and flirt with certain elements of Socialism."]

Inscription: Recto: lower left within image, handwritten in graphite: B. Partridge.

Stamp: Verso: centre, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.

Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.

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