LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and ink

Measurements:

8.50 in. (21.60 cm.) (height) by 5.98 in. (15.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed on original mount, inscribed 'Mr G scratching his head' on reverse

Condition:

mounted framed and glazed

Literature:

Similar to the wood engraving 'Mr Gladstone. I Have Seen the Flower in his Buttonhole fade Under His Flow of Eloquence', published in Harry Furniss,. The Confessions of a Caricaturist volume II (London, 1901) page 165

Provenance:

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme. EXHIBITED: . 'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1786-2003', Chris Beetles Gallery, 2003, no 74; 'Images of Power: From the Jeffrey Archer Cartoon Collection', Monnow Valley Arts, 3 September - 30 October 2011