The Pen is Handier Than The Sword
Drawing
1911 (drawn)
1911 (drawn)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | The Pen is Handier Than The Sword (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and Indian ink, over pencil, on card |
| Brief description | Drawing,`The Pen is Handier Than The Sword', 1911, by Sir John Bernard Partridge RI |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed Bernard Partridge -, inscribed with title and caption Punch, 18 October 1911, p.279. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt Holder, Oct.1979, £21 (exchanged for lithographs to the same value).' |
| Historical context | The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (also known in Italy as guerra di Libia, "the Libyan war", and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savasi) was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Italy from September 29, 1911 to October 18, 1912. The cartoon presumably refers to Turkey's unsuccessful appeal to European powers for help in transporting troops. |
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| Accession number | SD.763 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2008 |
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