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Least Said Soonest Mended

Maker

(artist)
1800-1899

(engraver)
1820-1909

Title

Least Said Soonest Mended

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 18.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5865.29

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










mortarboard

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.- FEBRUARY 7, 1900 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left within image & recto : above door : SE OF COMMONS //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right within image & recto : on map : TRANSVAAL //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left within image & recto : : SWAIN SC //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : "LEAST SAID SOONEST MENDED." //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : MASTER CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN. "PLEASE, SIR, I KNOW WHO DID IT." / DR. BULL (SEVERELY). "NEVER MIND WHO DID IT. GET TO WORK AND WIPE IT OFF BETWEEN YOU." //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right within image & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928. //

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