£400
SIR JOHN TENNIEL (BRITISH 1820-1914) FOR PUNCH MAGAZINE, IMPORTANT BRITISH AND IRISH HISTORY: A PENCIL DRAWING ON PAPER 'HOME RULE' WITH AN IDENTICAL PRINT BELOW,
The cartoon depicting Prime Minister Gladstone rowing a boat named 'Home Rule Bill' through 'Amendments' icebergs.
Initialled bottom left and dated 1893.
20cm x 16cm each.
Mounted in a frame and glazed.
49cm x 32cm
Provenance: Personal property of Geoffrey Dickinson, thence by family descent. Geoffrey Dickinson (1933-1988) began his contributions to Punch in 1963, and produced dozens of covers. In 1965, he was offered the position of Deputy Art Editor. Dickinson left Punch in 1984 and joined the Financial Times. Dickinsons work is held in the collections of the British Cartoon Archive, at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
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