IMAGE
Terry, Edward Lionel, 1867-1952 :This man is mad ; Mammon Rex. [ca 1930].
- Date
- 1900 - 1910
- By
- Terry, Edward Lionel, 1873-1952
- Reference
- A-246-029
- Description
A head and shoulders frontal self-portrait showing murderer Lionel Terry behind bars. He has drawn himself showing a resemblance to Jesus
On verso: poem handwritten in ink by Terry, "The prisoned prophet to his persecutors", signed "Lionel Terry".
Compare file print of privately-owned pencil and watercolour version of this self-portrait. (neg number 1/2-104764-F).
cf also versions at MS Papers 697: 495 (Terry papers).
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Graphite and coloured pencil on card 87 x 60 mm, on sheet 120 x 90 mm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: File print is of an almost identical privately-owned drawing
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Self-portraits, Graphite and coloured pencil on card 87 x 60 mm, on sheet 120 x 90 mm
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