"H.M.S. Toko'." Nurse Britannia. "Allow me to inform your Highness here comes a Box of Soldiers you mustn't play with."
Drawing
1893 (drawn)
1893 (drawn)
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Drawing
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| Title | "H.M.S. Toko'." Nurse Britannia. "Allow me to inform your Highness here comes a Box of Soldiers you mustn't play with." (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and Indian ink, on card |
| Brief description | Drawing, "H.M.S. `Toko'." Nurse Britannia. "Allow me to inform your Highness here comes a Box of Soldiers you mustn't play with.", 1893. Edward Linley Sambourne |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated Linley Sambourne Jany [...] 1893 |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Historical context | Cartoon for Punch, published 4 February 1893, p.50. The incident relates to Sir Evelyn Baring's reaction to Government policies of the young Khedive of Egypt, Abbas II. See Searight Archive and Illustrated London News, 28 January 1893. |
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| Accession number | SD.910 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2008 |
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