‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Said Rud, 'You Call Yourself a Führer...'

Inscribed Said Rud, 'you call yourself a Führer;/But in my proud opinion you've a/(To quote my friend Field-Marshal Foch)/Repulsive bloody little Boche.' (lower centre)

Pencil and watercolour

15.9 x 13.4cm

Unframed

Provenance:

Siegfried Sassoon;

And by family descent

This work depicts Rudyard Kipling and Adolf Hitler.