Lot Essay
A caricature of His Royal Highness King Edward VII (1841-1910) and the financier Sir Ernest Cassell (1852-1921)
ANOTHER PROPERTY
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
Details
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
H.M. The King and Sir Ernest Cassell
inscribed lower centre H.M. The King: "Do you know, Ernest, what they are saying? That I have Jewish blood! Sir Ernest Cassell: "Dat is all von pig obfious lie, Ziz!", pencil, pen, black ink, coloured crayon and watercolour
7½ x 12¼in. (19 x 31cm.)
H.M. The King and Sir Ernest Cassell
inscribed lower centre H.M. The King: "Do you know, Ernest, what they are saying? That I have Jewish blood! Sir Ernest Cassell: "Dat is all von pig obfious lie, Ziz!", pencil, pen, black ink, coloured crayon and watercolour
7½ x 12¼in. (19 x 31cm.)
Provenance
Piccadilly Gallery, London, June 1984
Literature
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.499