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Print

ca.1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Show-card with a design engraved by Horace Brodzky advertising 'G.Bernard Shaw his Life and Works' by Archibald Henderson, with a caricature of Shaw, who is depicted with a bright orange beard.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Show-card with a design engraved by Horace Brodzky, advertising 'G.Bernard Shaw his Life and Works' by Archibald Henderson, published by Boni and Liveright, New York, ca.1918.
Physical description
Show-card with a design engraved by Horace Brodzky advertising 'G.Bernard Shaw his Life and Works' by Archibald Henderson, with a caricature of Shaw, who is depicted with a bright orange beard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.2cm
  • Width: 23.2cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1964' published by HMSO 1965
Marks and inscriptions
'H. Brodzky' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Association
Literary referenceGeorge Bernard Shaw
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Collection
Accession number
E.143-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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