Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894-1986) Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister: “When I hear the word culture I reach for my Gunn”
Victor ("Vicky") Weisz (1913 - 1966)
ink, crayon and newsprint collage on paper (cartoon)
c.1963-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Downing Street
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- Places
- Subjects
- painting (as Subject), rifle (sporting), male portrait, satire, man, 20th century costume, academic gown, spectacles, necktie, Earl, social commentary, Leader of the Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister, culture
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), newsprint, ink, crayon, mixed media (art object), collage, cartoon
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Details
- Title
- Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894-1986) Chancellor of the Exchequer; Prime Minister: “When I hear the word culture I reach for my Gunn”
- Date
- c.1963
- Medium
- ink, crayon and newsprint collage on paper (cartoon)
- Acquisition
- Presented by the New Statesman for 11 Downing Street, April 1970
- Inscription
- bl: VICKY ; below image: WHEN I HEAR THE WORD CULTURE I REACH FOR MY GUNN. [ this has been crossed through] [double arrow denoting width of 2 and a half inches[ / When I hear the word culture I / reach for my Gunn. / 9% at x 15% 2-1/2 inches across / New Statesman/ o2. / Line and tone block. / Please touch up inset portrait of Macmillan as necessary: it does not [not is underlined] matter that it will in any case come out rather fudged.
- Provenance
- Presented by The New Statesman, April 1970. for 11 Downing Street
- GAC number
- 8829