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Britain Gives Up the Struggle to be 1st Class Power and Declines Gracefully

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Britain Gives Up the Struggle to be 1st Class Power and Declines Gracefully

Artist: Ronald Searle
Date: 1957
Medium: ink and watercolor on cardboard
Dimensions:
20 3/4 in x 15 3/4 in
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1971.2.33
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 roof
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