Lot Essay
A caricature of the Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Conservative politician and British Prime Minister (1902-5)
Details
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
I beg Your Pardon ...
signed lower right Max, inscribed upper centre I beg your/pardon. But/can you tell/me what/that large/building is?, pen, black ink and watercolour
12¼ x 7½in. (31 x 19cm.)
I beg Your Pardon ...
signed lower right Max, inscribed upper centre I beg your/pardon. But/can you tell/me what/that large/building is?, pen, black ink and watercolour
12¼ x 7½in. (31 x 19cm.)
Provenance
Alistair MacIntyre
Piccadilly Gallery, London, June 1984
Piccadilly Gallery, London, June 1984
Literature
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.61a
Exhibited
London, Piccadilly Gallery, Max Beerbohm, Sept.-Oct. 1972, no.4 (illustrated)