The wrack
Shemus.
[graphic] /
| Main Creator: | |
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| Summary: | Title handwritten above image and reads: The wrack? - or rack. Caption handwritten below image and reads: Lord [...]: "Yes sir! This is a delicate little instrument of the same period as the cat". Depicts James Craig and Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead examining a rack, which was used as a device of torture. They appear to be in a dungeon. A whip or a cat o' nine tails is hanging on a wall in the background and two men can be seen carrying a lifeless human figure through the doorway. |
| In collection: | Shemus Cartoon Collection |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
[S.l.:
s.n.,
between 1920 and 1924].
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| Subjects: | |
| Notes: | Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes. Title handwritten above image and reads: The wrack? - or rack. Caption handwritten below image and reads: Lord [...]: "Yes sir! This is a delicate little instrument of the same period as the cat". Publication details for this drawing are unknown. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon, col ; image 28 x 28 cm., on sheet 39 x 32 cm. more |
| Contained in: | Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection. |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
| Call Number | View In | Collection |
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PD 4309 TX 251 |
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