Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Title:
Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, blue chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower center:" SITTING UP AND TAKING NOURISHMENT"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper right: "NAME | League of Nations | TROUBLE | Anaemia | CONDITION | Dying"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper left: "FALSE | PATRIOTISM | UNDERTAKERS"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, center: "SAAR | STEAK"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "Daily [...] Bugle | FRESH STIMULUS TO | DISARMAMENT | Daily S[...] | INTERNATIONAL | POLICE PROVED | GREAT SUCCESS | THE | U.S.A. | FOR | WORLD | COURT"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony Monaghan
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1986.32.1
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
caricature | historical subject | World War 1939-1945
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2681