SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)

S. SELWYN OF BLOOMSBURY PREACHING TO THE YOUNG BARBARIANS; AND 'LET JUSTICE BE DONE'

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SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
S. SELWYN OF BLOOMSBURY PREACHING TO THE YOUNG BARBARIANS; AND 'LET JUSTICE BE DONE'
THE FIRST SIGNED AND DATED 'MAX/1911' (UPPER RIGHT) AND INSCRIBED 'S. SELWYN OF BLOOMSBURY/PREACHING TO THE YOUNG BARBARIANS.' (UPPER LEFT); THE SECOND SIGNED 'MAX' (LOWER RIGHT) AND INSCRIBED 'LET JUSTICE BE DONE./MR CLEMENT SHORTER TO/MR. ALEXANDER NELSON HOOD):/"AND SO YOU'RE THE DUKE OF BRONTë!/NOW DO, LIKE A GOOD FELLOW, GO/AND PULL A WIRE OR TWO AT/COURT, AND GET LOTTIE AND EM/AND ANNIE MADE DUCHESSES IN RETROSPECT!"' (LOWER CENTRE)
PENCIL, PEN AND BLACK INK AND COLOURED WASHES
15¼ X 12 IN. (38.7 X 30.6 CM.); AND SMALLER (2)

來源

WITH AGNEW'S, LONDON.

展覽

THE FIRST: LONDON, LEICESTER GALLERIES, 1911.
THE SECOND: LONDON, LEICESTER GALLERIES, 1925.

刻印

OBSERVATIONS, PUBLISHED 1925, PL. 15.

拍場告示

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE 2 ITEMS IN THIS LOT AND NOT AS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. THE SECOND ITEM IS ENTITLED 'LET JUSTICE BE DONE.'

拍品專文

SELWYN IMAGE (1849-1930) WAS A POET, PRIEST AND ARTIST. HAVING GIVEN UP THE PRIESTHOOD HE WAS APPOINTED SLADE PROFESSOR AT OXFORD IN 1910. BYRON'S PHRASE 'YOUNG BARBARIANS AT PLAY' WAS APPLIED TO OXFORD BY MATTHEW ARNOLD IN THE PREFACE TO HIS ESSAYS IN CRITICISM, 1865.

S. SELWYN OF BLOOMSBURY PREACHING TO THE YOUNG BARBARIANS; AND 'LET JUSTICE BE DONE'

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