The Boa-War-Contractor.
Maker
(artist)
1861-1945
1861-1945
Title
The Boa-War-Contractor.
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.5276
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
contract
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, printed: PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.-JUNE 21, 1905.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: THE BOA-WAR-CONTRACTOR. / TAX- PAYER RABBIT. "TAKE NOTICE! THIS IS POSTIVELY THE LAST TIME I SUBMIT TO THIS TREATMENT!" / ["Are the tax-payers of this country to continue to be the sport of questionable contractors?" / Report of the Committee on the Army Stores Scandals.]
Inscription: Recto: lower right within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: THE BOA-WAR-CONTRACTOR. / TAX- PAYER RABBIT. "TAKE NOTICE! THIS IS POSTIVELY THE LAST TIME I SUBMIT TO THIS TREATMENT!" / ["Are the tax-payers of this country to continue to be the sport of questionable contractors?" / Report of the Committee on the Army Stores Scandals.]
Inscription: Recto: lower right within image, printed: Bernard Partridge.
Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY 1979.
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