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Military<br />
Theatre<br />
125. The Absent Minded Beggar [Rudyard Kipling];<br />
music by Arthur Sullivan.<br />
Lithographic printed hankerchief on linen<br />
Richard Caton Woodville<br />
The Daily Mail c.1899<br />
Image 400 x 390 mm, Sheet 470 x 455 mm<br />
unmounted<br />
Printed hankerchief <strong>of</strong> The Absent Minded Sailor by<br />
Rudyard Kipling.<br />
Shows Field Marshall Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl<br />
Robert and Queen Victoria, musical scores by Arthur<br />
Sullivan, a map <strong>of</strong> South Africa showing the South<br />
African Republic (the Transvaal) and the Orange Free<br />
State and the lyrics <strong>of</strong> the song written by Kipling.<br />
The first charitable effort to raise funds for the second<br />
Boer war the song was specially commissioned and<br />
published by the Daily Mail to raise money for the<br />
"Soldiers Families Fund". The patriotic verse caused a<br />
sensation becoming the most popular and celebrated<br />
song during the first months <strong>of</strong> the war. The popularity<br />
<strong>of</strong> The Absent Beggar spread worldwide and it was<br />
publised by the New York Journal and performed on<br />
theatre stages by famous actresses <strong>of</strong> the day including<br />
Lily Langtree and Lady Maud Beerbohm Tree. A huge<br />
supporter <strong>of</strong> the war Kipling dedicated the payment for<br />
the poem to the Soldiers Families Fund and declined to<br />
accept the knighthood which was susequently <strong>of</strong>fered to<br />
him.<br />
Condition: Small hole to the bottom left, minor stains to<br />
the right.<br />
[27748]<br />
£350<br />
126. End <strong>of</strong> the Cats Tail.<br />
Woodcut<br />
Anonymous<br />
London, Pub. Dec. 26, 1853, by J.K. Green, 9, Thurlow<br />
Place, East Street, Walworth. Sold by J. Redington,<br />
208, Hoxton Old Town.<br />
Image 152 x 190 mm, Sheet 170 x 220 mm<br />
mounted<br />
Above images reads the inscription: Green’s Scene in<br />
Whittington and his Cat, Sc. 16. No. 13<br />
[26778]<br />
£50<br />
Sports<br />
Cricket<br />
127. Cricket Caps <strong>of</strong> Famous Clubs and Schools<br />
Chromolithograph<br />
Anonymous<br />
c. 1910<br />
Image 262 x 465 mm<br />
unmounted<br />
From The Boy’s Own Paper<br />
Condition: Trimmed just below title, print surface<br />
slightly worn in areas.<br />
[27696]<br />
£110<br />
Football<br />
128. Football Colours <strong>of</strong> Our Public Schools<br />
Chromolithograph<br />
V. Wheeler-Holohan