"Hold it there, sonny. We're after two missing Constables" Patrick Blower Blower Evening Standard 13 November 1998

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Artist/Maker	Blower, Patrick (Mr.) (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

A cartoon which parodies the picture by John Constable `The Hay Wain' by inserting the images of two police officers halting the `Hay Wain'. With two signatures and a credit line for the Evening Standard

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Categories	Prints Satire
Object type	Print
Title	"Hold it there, sonny. We're after two missing Constables" Patrick Blower Blower Evening Standard 13 November 1998 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Bromide print Paper (Fiber Product) Bromide Process Print-Making
Brief description	Cartoon by Patrick Blower - a parody of the painting by John Constable, `The Hay Wain', published in the Evening Standard 13 November 1998, refering to the theft of two oil sketches from the V & A, 1998.
Physical description	A cartoon which parodies the picture by John Constable `The Hay Wain' by inserting the images of two police officers halting the `Hay Wain'. With two signatures and a credit line for the Evening Standard
Dimensions	Height: 19.1cm Width: 25.1cm
Production type	Proof
Marks and inscriptions	"Hold it there sonny. We're after two missing Constables." Evening Standard 13 November 1998. Patrick Blower [and] Blower (Signature and title; Print; front in margins)
Object history	This cartoon was published in the Evening Standard 13th November 1998
Subjects depicted	Policemen Constable, John The Theft of Two John Constable Oil Sketches From the v & A, 1998
Association	The Theft of Two John Constable Oil Sketches From the v & A, 1998
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.445-1999

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Record created	December 14, 1999
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12625/hold-it-there--sonny-print-blower-patrick-mr/

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