The British Character: Love of Gloom
Drawing
19 May 1937 (published)
19 May 1937 (published)
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A grand room in a gentlemen's club, cast in shadow, with dining tables and armchairs, several men seated in chairs reading newspapers and waiters standing.
Object details
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| Title | The British Character: Love of Gloom (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, ‘The British Character: Love of Gloom’, pen and ink with monochrome watercolour on paper, by Graham Laidler (Pont) for his cartoon series British Character. Published in Punch, 19 May 1937. |
| Physical description | A grand room in a gentlemen's club, cast in shadow, with dining tables and armchairs, several men seated in chairs reading newspapers and waiters standing. |
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| Credit line | Given by Charles Cox |
| Object history | Part of a series of cartoons called 'British Character', first published in Punch magazine 19 May 1937, and in book form in 1938. |
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| Accession number | E.1230-2023 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2023 |
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