LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and green wash with touches of white on buff paper

Measurements:

12.48 in. (31.70 cm.) (height) by 7.72 in. (19.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Max/1923' (lower right); inscribed 'Lord Berners, making more sweetness than violence' (lower centre)

Literature:

N. J. Hall, Max Beerbohm Caricatures, London, 1997, p. 191, fig 179.

Provenance:

with The Leicester Galleries, London, June 1923, where purchased by Captain Victor Alexander Cazalet (1896-1943).