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The Orator.

  • ARTIST: Arthur Briscoe

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1926.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 75. Image size 6 5/8 x 10 15/16" (16.7 x 27.7 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Signed in pen. A dramatic piece showing an Orator in the ‘Speakers Corner’ of Hyde Park on the eve of the 1926 British General Strike. The strike was started to prevent wage reductions for coal miners and other laborers.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Inscribed "1/75."

  • CONDITION: Good condition.

  • REFERENCE: Laver # 76