Drawing
Laurence Henry Foster Irving (London 1897 - 1988)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint and ink on paper
Measurements
500 x 330 mm
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196940
Summary
Watercolour cartoon with associated poem by Lawrence Irving for his nephew. Upper scene depicts boy playing with train set; lower image shows same boy playing piano.
Provenance
Given by Hugo Lawrence Joseph Brunner (b.1935), 2010
Marks and inscriptions
Centre: A Text / Your house is of the largest size, / Your Toys, which you so Rightly prize, / Are larger than your Cousin's; / Whereas the little Blessings He / Can count, at most, are Two or Three, / You reel them off in dozens. / But- / Remember, Oh my little Man, / Though you've a sweller Laundry Van / A larger Pianoforte, / Although you're Twice as well Endowed / With this world's Goods, Don't Be Too Proud, / You're also THRICE as Naughty. / by / The Wicked Uncle.
Makers and roles
Laurence Henry Foster Irving (London 1897 - 1988), creator