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Mr William Watson, Secretly Ceded by the British Government...

Maker

(artist)
1872-1956

Title

Mr William Watson, Secretly Ceded by the British Government...

Date of Production

(c.) 1904

Medium

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Height: 33.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7568

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© The Estate of Max Beerbohm

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Verso: upper right, stamped: M

Stamp: Verso: upper centre, stamped: PD

Stamp: Verso: upper left, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed: MR WILLIAM WATSON, SECRETLEY CEDED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ABDUL HAMID, BUT, IN THE NICK OF TIME, SAVED FROM THE TRAP-DOOR / TO THE BOSPHORUS BY THE PASSIONATE INTERCESSION OF MR. JOHN LANE.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: M. BEERBOHM

Inscription: Recto: lower right, printed: max

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