Working and Shirking
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
Working and Shirking
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5272
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.--MAY 20, 1908.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: WORKING AND SHIRKING. / CITIZEN SOLDIER. "NOW THEN, MATE, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US? / LOAFER. "NOT ME. I LIKE MY LIBERTY. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY." / CITIZEN SOLDIER. "WELL, IT WON'T BE A FREE COUNTRYMUCH LONGER IF EVERYBODY / GOES ON LIKE YOU!"
Inscription: Recto: lower right within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: WORKING AND SHIRKING. / CITIZEN SOLDIER. "NOW THEN, MATE, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US? / LOAFER. "NOT ME. I LIKE MY LIBERTY. THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY." / CITIZEN SOLDIER. "WELL, IT WON'T BE A FREE COUNTRYMUCH LONGER IF EVERYBODY / GOES ON LIKE YOU!"
Inscription: Recto: lower right within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________