The Snide
Drawing
1923 (first published)
1923 (first published)
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Fantastic drawing showing a figure half-human and half animal crawling over the ground which is strewn with coins, jewels, stones, etc.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Indian ink |
| Brief description | Sidney Herbert Sime, 'The Snide' or 'The Hand-tailed Gaud-grabber', drawing for illustration. |
| Physical description | Fantastic drawing showing a figure half-human and half animal crawling over the ground which is strewn with coins, jewels, stones, etc. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed (twice): S. H. Sime |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod |
| Object history | Illustration for 'Bogey Beasts' (1923), a book of poems abut strange creatures, written and illustrated by Sime. |
| Literary reference | 'Bogey Beasts', 1923 |
| Associated object | E.1373-1948 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957 |
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| Accession number | E.1374-1948 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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