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Working and Shirking

Maker

(artist)
1861-1945

Title

Working and Shirking

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 25 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

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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.

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