Antechamber at the Government House, Beyrouth, Lebanon

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Artist/Maker	Feliks Topolski (artist)
Place of origin	Lebanon (drawn) Great Britain (published)

Pencil illustration of the Antechamber at the Government House, Beyrouth, Lebanon. Signed and dated by the artist and inscribed with title and caption on the mount.

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Categories	Drawings Politics
Object type	Drawing
Title	Antechamber at the Government House, Beyrouth, Lebanon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pencil illustration Paper Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Pencil illustration of the Antechamber at the Government House, Beyrouth, Lebanon, for Three Continents 1944-45, a book of drawings by Feliks Topolski. 1943.
Physical description	Pencil illustration of the Antechamber at the Government House, Beyrouth, Lebanon. Signed and dated by the artist and inscribed with title and caption on the mount.
Dimensions	Height: 10.5in Width: 8.25in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions	Signed and dated 'Feliks Topolski 1943'. Inscribed with the title and inscribed on the mount 'Lobbying at the Government House in Beiruth. Lebanon President is holding a Ministers' meeting - the "clients" discuss their petitions'.
Credit line	Given by the Artist
Production	Published by Messrs. Methuen, Ltd., London, 1946.
Subject depicted	Politicians
Place depicted	Beirut
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.83-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O607883/antechamber-at-the-government-house-drawing-feliks-topolski/

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