ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR
Author:	Kipling (Rudyard)
Subject:	ANGLO-BOER WAR EPHEMERA
Published:	London
Date:	1899
Price($):	$580.00
Price(£):	£330.00
Details:	printed in green on silk on three panels and folded, each panel measures 300 x 200 mm and the whole 300 x 600 mm; printed on the central panel in sepia is Caton Woodville's famous illustrations of "A Gentleman in Khaki", the four stanzas of the poem and Kipling's signature are printed in facsimile and a portrait of Kipling in sepia appears on the upper cover, the three panels have internal stiffeners, some light soiling at the bottom of the upper cover but overall a very good copy of this special edition on silk
Catalogue Number:	25
Book Number:	#5442/1
Description:	The proceeds from the sale of these souvenirs went to the Daily Mail fund for the benefit of the wives and children of the Reservists fighting in South Africa. Greenwall, 'Artists & Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War', page 72, 'The Absent Minded Beggar' and/or 'A Gentleman in Khaki', Richard Caton Woodville's painting, based on the poem, appeared as a motif on all souvenir items sold in aid of the fund and performers such as Lillie Langtry, a former mistress of Kind Edward VII, paid the fund £100 for the privilege of reciting the poem to an audience. It is estimated that over £350,000 was raised from the copyright of 'A Gentleman in Khaki'.
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