Holdings: [The leader and the lyre]

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Forbes, Ernest, 1879-1962
Summary:	Date in pencil on verso. Caption reads: Lloyd George: "If you can't play the lyre better Hamar, you'll break up the band." Hamar: "This isn't a lyre." Lloyd George: "Now, don't try to evade the issue. It's you, not the instrument, I'm talking about." Unpublished handwritten caption above image reads: Impressario George: "You'll have to play better than that harpist! Half the band's gone on strike!" Illustration depicts Hamar Greenwood playing a lyre while Lloyd George acts as conductor; in the background a band member with a tuba flees the scene.
In collection:	Shemus Cartoon Collection
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	3rd March 1921.
Subjects:	Lloyd George, David, > 1863-1945 Greenwood, Hamar Greenwood, > Viscount, > 1870-1948 Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland) Weekly Freeman's Journal (Dublin, Ireland) Caricatures and cartoons > Ireland > Periodicals Ireland > Politics and government > 1920-1930 Ireland > Politics and government > 20th century Ink drawings > Irish > 1920-1930 Cartoons (Commentary) > Irish > 1920-1930 Crayon drawings > Irish > 1920-1930
Notes:	Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes. Published in: The Freeman's Journal, 3rd March 1921. Published in: Weekly Freeman, 12th March 1921. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon, col ; image 27 x 26 cm., on sheet 29 x 27 cm. more
Contained in:	Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection.

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Call Number	View In	Collection
PD 4309 TX 68	Collection unavailable Access Note	Prints & Drawings