Cartoon
1930 (drawn)
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A pen and ink cartoon signed BOB and with the title The Apple Cart by G.B.S. in the top left corner, originally published in the Leicester Mail.
It shows George Bernard Shaw dressed in plus fours and carrying a satchel marked 'Plays' accosting a tram conductor as he asks: "Can you direct me to where I can see 'The Apple Cart?'". The conductor (dressed in peaked cap and uniform) is jerking his thumb in the opposite direction as he responds: "Down 'ere to the Market. That's where they sell h'apples, Mister!".
On the reverse of this cartoon is a letter dated 11th February 1930. It was sent from the editor of the Leicester Mail and presents this original artwork (and another on the same theme) to George Bernard Shaw.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was written in circa 1928 and first performed in England at the Malvern Drama Festival in 1929. In a preface by Shaw, dated March 1930, he summarises the work as:
"a comedy in which a King defeats an attempt by his popularly elected Prime Minister to deprive him of the right to influence public opinion through the press and the platform: in short, to reduce him to a cipher. The King's reply is that rather than be a cipher he will abandon his throne and take his obviously very rosy chance of becoming a popularly elected Prime Minister himself"
It shows George Bernard Shaw dressed in plus fours and carrying a satchel marked 'Plays' accosting a tram conductor as he asks: "Can you direct me to where I can see 'The Apple Cart?'". The conductor (dressed in peaked cap and uniform) is jerking his thumb in the opposite direction as he responds: "Down 'ere to the Market. That's where they sell h'apples, Mister!".
On the reverse of this cartoon is a letter dated 11th February 1930. It was sent from the editor of the Leicester Mail and presents this original artwork (and another on the same theme) to George Bernard Shaw.
The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was written in circa 1928 and first performed in England at the Malvern Drama Festival in 1929. In a preface by Shaw, dated March 1930, he summarises the work as:
"a comedy in which a King defeats an attempt by his popularly elected Prime Minister to deprive him of the right to influence public opinion through the press and the platform: in short, to reduce him to a cipher. The King's reply is that rather than be a cipher he will abandon his throne and take his obviously very rosy chance of becoming a popularly elected Prime Minister himself"
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Original pen and ink cartoon of George Bernard Shaw with a letter from the editor of the Leicester Mail (in which the cartoon was originally published) on the reverse, 1930. |
| Physical description | A pen and ink cartoon signed BOB and dated '30' with the title The Apple Cart by G.B.S. in the top left corner. It shows George Bernard Shaw dressed in plus fours and carrying a satchel marked 'Plays' accosting a tram conductor as he asks: "Can you direct me to where I can see 'The Apple Cart?'". The conductor (dressed in peaked cap and uniform) is jerking his thumb in the opposite direction as he responds: "Down 'ere to the Market. That's where they sell h'apples, Mister!". On the reverse of this cartoon is attached a letter dated 11th February 1930 from the editor of the Leicester Mail to George Bernard Shaw, presenting him with this original artwork and a second cartoon. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
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| Literary reference | The Apple Cart |
| Summary | A pen and ink cartoon signed BOB and with the title The Apple Cart by G.B.S. in the top left corner, originally published in the Leicester Mail. It shows George Bernard Shaw dressed in plus fours and carrying a satchel marked 'Plays' accosting a tram conductor as he asks: "Can you direct me to where I can see 'The Apple Cart?'". The conductor (dressed in peaked cap and uniform) is jerking his thumb in the opposite direction as he responds: "Down 'ere to the Market. That's where they sell h'apples, Mister!". On the reverse of this cartoon is a letter dated 11th February 1930. It was sent from the editor of the Leicester Mail and presents this original artwork (and another on the same theme) to George Bernard Shaw. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was written in circa 1928 and first performed in England at the Malvern Drama Festival in 1929. In a preface by Shaw, dated March 1930, he summarises the work as: "a comedy in which a King defeats an attempt by his popularly elected Prime Minister to deprive him of the right to influence public opinion through the press and the platform: in short, to reduce him to a cipher. The King's reply is that rather than be a cipher he will abandon his throne and take his obviously very rosy chance of becoming a popularly elected Prime Minister himself" |
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| Accession number | S.1172-2010 |
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| Record created | June 28, 2010 |
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