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'''''A Survey''''' is a book of fifty-two caricatures and humorous illustrations by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Essay|essayist]], [[Caricature|caricaturist]] and [[Parody|parodist]] [[Max Beerbohm]]. It was published in Britain in 1921 by [[Heinemann (publisher)|William Heinemann]] and in the [[United States]] in the same year by Doubleday, Page & Company of [[New York]]. |
'''''A Survey''''' is a book of fifty-two caricatures and humorous illustrations by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Essay|essayist]], [[Caricature|caricaturist]] and [[Parody|parodist]] [[Max Beerbohm]]. It was published in Britain in 1921 by [[Heinemann (publisher)|William Heinemann]] and in the [[United States]] in the same year by Doubleday, Page & Company of [[New York]]. |
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Beerbohm created the illustrations for ''A Survey'' at his home in [[Rapallo]] in [[Italy]] and in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], where he and his wife [[Florence Kahn]] returned for the duration of [[World War I]]. |
Beerbohm created the illustrations for ''A Survey'' at his home in [[Rapallo]] in [[Italy]] and in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], where he and his wife [[Florence Kahn]] returned for the duration of [[World War I]]. The book was published in plum cloth covered boards with fifty-one monochrome illustrations and one colour frontispiece. Each plate was accompanied by a guard sheet with a descriptive letterpress. |
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The caricatures included [[Joseph Conrad]], the book included [[caricature]]s of [[David Lloyd George]], [[Lytton Strachey]], [[Philip Guedalla]], [[Woodrow Wilson]], [[Edward Gordon Craig]], [[Edward Carson, Baron Carson|Edward Carson]], [[Maurice Hewlett]], [[Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet|Philip Sassoon]], [[Claude Phillips]], [[Edmund Gosse]], [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski|Paderewski]], [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]], [[James McNeil Whistler]], [[Stephen Lucius Gwynn|Stephen Gwynn]], [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]], Sir [[Oliver Lodge]], Sir [[E. Ray Lankester]], [[Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer|Lord Charles Spencer]], [[Ralph Nevill]], [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Georg Brandes]], [[Henry James]], [[George Robey]], [[H. H. Asquith]], [[Leon Trotsky]], [[Bonar Law]] among other eminent men of the day and a variety of contemporary politicians.<ref>Beerbohm, Max ''A Survey'' William Heinemann, London (1921)</ref> |
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A Survey is a book of fifty-two caricatures and humorous illustrations by British essayist, caricaturist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in Britain in 1921 by William Heinemann and in the United States in the same year by Doubleday, Page & Company of New York.
Beerbohm created the illustrations for A Survey at his home in Rapallo in Italy and in Britain, where he and his wife Florence Kahn returned for the duration of World War I. The book was published in plum cloth covered boards with fifty-one monochrome illustrations and one colour frontispiece. Each plate was accompanied by a guard sheet with a descriptive letterpress.
The caricatures included Joseph Conrad, the book included caricatures of David Lloyd George, Lytton Strachey, Philip Guedalla, Woodrow Wilson, Edward Gordon Craig, Edward Carson, Maurice Hewlett, Philip Sassoon, Claude Phillips, Edmund Gosse, Paderewski, Gabriele d'Annunzio, James McNeil Whistler, Stephen Gwynn, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir E. Ray Lankester, Lord Charles Spencer, Ralph Nevill, George Bernard Shaw, Georg Brandes, Henry James, George Robey, H. H. Asquith, Leon Trotsky, Bonar Law among other eminent men of the day and a variety of contemporary politicians.[1]
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References
- ^ Beerbohm, Max A Survey William Heinemann, London (1921)