Against The Grain
Drawing
1897 (drawn)
1897 (drawn)
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Drawing
Object details
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| Title | Against The Grain (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Against The Grain'. Sketch for a political cartoon in `Punch', 1897, by Sir John Tenniel |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed with the monogram JT. Dated 1897 |
| 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 Fine Art Society, Oct 1971, £35'. |
| Historical context | Reproduced in `Punch' Punch, 27 February 1897, p.103. The subject of the cartoon is the reluctance of Britain, France and Russia, who had originally guaranteed the freedom of Greece, to support the Greeks in their stand against the Turkish threat of war over Crete. For further information on the events satirised by Tenniel, see Searight Archive. |
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| Accession number | SD.1036 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2008 |
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