Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

W.E. Gladstone and General Gordon

Alfred Bryan
1852-1899

W.E. Gladstone and General Gordon

ca. 1888?
6 5/8 x 3 15/16 inches (168 x 122 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on card stock.
1986.1983

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Inscriptions/Markings
Caption reads "General Gordon" in pen at upper left; initialed "AB" by the artist at lower right; inscribed "J" in pencil on verso.
Summary

Caricature shows Gladstone from the rear standing in front of Hamo Thornycroft's statue of General Gordon; he starts at the sight of the monument, his hair standing out from his head in evident alarm as his hat falls from his head.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department