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Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand, Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once, undated
- Title:
- Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, blue chalk, white gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (35.2 × 48.9 cm), Image: 11 5/16 × 17 5/8 inches (28.7 × 44.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper left: "TO | 100% PACIFISM TO | ORGANIZATION OF | LAW AND ORDER", inscribed in white gouache center right "DIC SHEPARD DEAR OLD GEORGE ANTI-WAR YOUTH"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, upper right: "RESIST | THE | AGGRESSOR | NO | RISKY | SANCTIONS"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower center: "SORRY, BOYS, I CAN'T GO BOTH WAYS AT ONCE."; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "General | League"
Signed in brush and black ink, lower left: "LOW"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1980.16.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | historical subject | World War 1939-1945
- Associated People:
- Sheppard, Hugh Richard Lawrie "Dick" (1880–1937) British Anglican priest, Dean of Canterbury and Christian pacifist
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9664
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