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ROBERT, LORD BADEN-POWELL (1857-1841)
A pen and ink sketch for an advert signed ("R. Baden Powell, R.M.S. Orient, 23.3.07"), entitled "Challenge," showing a caricature of a Suffragette and a boxer, both figures in profile facing each other with fists raised, with caption below: "The SUFFRAGETTES of the Captains Table have challenged not only the Orient - but THE WHOLE BLOOMIN' WORLD to a Tug of War - and so have the MEN! 2PM TODAY. There will also be Mixed Bathing (I should say Hopping), Tschschtaiskowsky Stakes, Spotting for Gents, Elephant Sticking (Natural History Section), Murphy Manipulation etc. etc.," 14½ x 10in., framed and glazed.
A pen and ink sketch for an advert signed ("R. Baden Powell, R.M.S. Orient, 23.3.07"), entitled "Challenge," showing a caricature of a Suffragette and a boxer, both figures in profile facing each other with fists raised, with caption below: "The SUFFRAGETTES of the Captains Table have challenged not only the Orient - but THE WHOLE BLOOMIN' WORLD to a Tug of War - and so have the MEN! 2PM TODAY. There will also be Mixed Bathing (I should say Hopping), Tschschtaiskowsky Stakes, Spotting for Gents, Elephant Sticking (Natural History Section), Murphy Manipulation etc. etc.," 14½ x 10in., framed and glazed.
Provenance
Baden-Powell presented the sketch to the vendor's grandfather, a passenger of the R. M. S. Orient, bound for South Africa. Baden-Powell was ambidextrous and apparently drew the two figures simultaneously.