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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Make Pop Art from source -- allow 60 seconds for processing -- for larger images, contact us (what is this?). 4) Report broken link The Rt. Hon. Henry Austin Bruce / Ape. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN...TITLE:The Rt. Hon. Henry Austin Bruce / Ape.CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-07515 (digital file from original drawing) SUMMARY:Caricature shows a balding Henry Austin Bruce, Home Secretary under Prime Minister Gladstone, wearing mutton chops, standing deep in thought. The Ballot Act was designed to protect voters from bribery and coercion by permitting them a secret vote. Pellegrini was a popular portrait caricaturist in London, who signed his drawings Ape. MEDIUM:1 drawing : black and white charcoal ; 34.2 x 27.1 cm (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1869] CREATOR: Pellegrini, Carlo, 1838-1889, artist. NOTES: Title from Vanity Fair (London), Aug. 21, 1869. Signed in ink: C. Pellegrini. Unfinished preparatory sketch. Inscribed lower right: J.W. (or Mr) Bruce. Published in Vanity Fair (London), Aug. 21, 1869, Statesmen #29, with the comment "He has gained credit by converting himself to the Ballot; he would gain greater credit by converting himself into an ex-Secretary of State for the Home Department. Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007. Unprocessed in WOOD/Pellegrini.38 SUBJECTS: Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, Baron, 1815-1895. FORMAT: Caricatures British 1870-1880. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original drawing) ppmsca 07515 CARD #:2005680460
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