Jack B. Yeats
, Irish, 1871-1957
Title
It is Heartbreaking, after Successfully Dodging Taxis and Motor Buses all DayDatePublished 28 August 1912
MediumInk and traces of graphite underdrawing on board
Dimensions
14.6 x 30.5 cm
Signedlower rigth (in ink, using the pseudonym): W BIRD
Credit LinePurchased, 2004
Object numberNGI.2008.1.44
Inscriptionunder illustration (with caption, in ink): "after successfully dodging taxis - It's heartbreaking aid motor buses all day - To be run down by a small boy on one roller skate"on verso (in graphite): 6 3/4 wide and initialled: FHT [F.H.Townsend]