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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

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