Lot 60: Sir John Bernard Partridge, R.I. (1861-1945)

Sir John Bernard Partridge, R.I. (1861-1945)
'And now?' (recto); with an unfinished sketch for 'The World's Worst Worker' (verso)
signed with initials (lower right) and inscribed '-And now? Mυr Punch: Pardon my intruding on your triumph, but what we'd all like to know is-what are you going to do next."' (lower centre) and dated by a different hand '1 July 1936' (lower right) and variously inscribed throughout
pen and black ink, unframed
15 1/8 x 11 3/8 in. (38.4 x 31.5 cm.); together with Four further pen and ink drawings for Punch by the same hand, all signed and dated, and all unframed (5)

Probably acquired by the 3rd Earl of Bewdley in the 1960s.

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