Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Title:: S. O. S.
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, white gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 13/16 inches (35.2 × 52.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in brush and black ink, upper center: "COLLECTIVE | INSURANCE | POLICY". lower center: "CUT-THROAT | ARMS RACE | S.O.S.", inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "COL. BLIMP: | "GAD, SIR, THIS RAFT IS GETTING | POSITIVELY DANGEROUS. WE | SHOULD ABANDON IT AT ONCE. ""; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "12-7-35 | 1210"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "1210"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and Jennifer Monaghan
Copyright Status:: © Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:: B1989.31.1
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: historical subject | caricature | World War, 1939-1945
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2947