Called to Heel
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
Called to Heel
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18 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.
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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