Alfred Bryan
1852-1899
Waiting for the Verdict
1880s?
9 x 5 3/8 inches (229 x 137 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on card stock.
1986.1978
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Inscriptions/Markings
Captioned "Waiting for the Verdict" in pen at foot; initialed "AB" by the artist at lower right; inscribed in pen on verso, "3 1/4 high & set(?) in proportion".
Summary
Full length caricature of William Gladstone, standing behind a piller outside the House of Lords in a shabby tophat and biting his nails in his anxiety.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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