Jack B. Yeats
, Irish, 1871-1957
Title
Striken Pugilist - "Hi, police, stop this sparring match; it's going to degenerate into a prize-fight!"DatePublished 20 December 1911
MediumInk and traces of graphite underdrawing on board
Dimensions
14 x 21.6 cm
Signedlower left (in ink, using the pseudonym): W BIRD
on verso (in graphite): Jack B Yeats
Credit LinePurchased, 2004
Object numberNGI.2008.1.40
Inscriptionon verso (in graphite, with caption): Hi police stop this sparring match it's going to degenerate into a prize fight.on verso (in graphite): Red Ford House/ Greystones/ County Wicklow
lower right (under illustration, in graphite): 4 in wide and initialled: FHT [F.H. Townsend]