Least Said Soonest Mended
Maker
(artist)
1800-1899
(engraver)
1820-1909
1800-1899
(engraver)
1820-1909
Title
Least Said Soonest Mended
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 18.6 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. //
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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