Britain Gives Up the Struggle to be 1st Class Power and Declines Gracefully
Artist
Ronald Searle
Date1957
Mediumink and watercolor on cardboard
Dimensions20 3/4 in x 15 3/4 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1971.2.33
DescriptionA fanciful British street scene with a waitress dancing on a table at a sidewalk cafe for the barefoot, unshaven tea drinkers; while a policeman in elaborate costume watches from his bicycle; in the background a trolley bulging with people has two scantily clad girls throwing flowers from its roofOn View
Not on viewCollections
19th century
Late 18th or early 19th c.
19th century
