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GIBSON, 'HAS GROVER GOT IT?', INK, 1887
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Charles Dana Gibson
- Has Grover Got It? – The Second Term Nightmare
- paper
305 by 445mm., pen and ink, signed, mounted, framed and glazed
Provenance
EXHIBITED: ‘The Americans Are Coming’, Chris Beetles Gallery, 5-30 May 2015; ‘The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1880-2017’, Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2017-January 2018, no 84
Literature
Tid-Bits, 14 May 1887
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Charles Dana Gibson contributed cartoons and satirical sketches to Tid-Bits between 1884 and 1890 (by which time its name had been changed to Time). Having little interest in politics himself, he toed the magazine’s Republican line and frequently lampooned the Democratic leader, Grover Cleveland, who became President for the first time in 1885. In the present image, the demonic Nightmare is giving Cleveland a restless night by haunting him with the names of what Republicans then considered ‘our three great Presidents’: the ‘defender’ Ulysses S Grant (in office, 1869-77), the ‘martyr’ Abraham Lincoln (1861-65) and the ‘father’ George Washington (1789-97).