Chris Beetles Gallery

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Mr Clement Scott

Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

Price

~~£2,750~~ £1,750

Signed

Signed and inscribed with title

Medium

Ink and watercolour

Dimensions

10 ½ x 8 ¼ inches

Provenance

Robert Aickman

Illustrated

The Candid Friend, 26 October 1901

Literature

Rupert Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of The Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London: Macmillan, 1972, no 1391

Exhibited

Carfax Gallery, December 1901;
Leicester Galleries, 1952;
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1880-2017', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2017-January 2018, no 143

Mounted

Clement William Scott (6 October 1841 – 25 June 1904 was best known as an influential English theatre critic for The Daily Telegraph. His assessment of a production, importantly completed on the first night, and his acerbic but flowery style was the model for subsequent theatre critics.

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