Hands beneath the Sea

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

Edward Linley Sambourne was born in Pentonville, London. His father ran a furrier’s business in St Paul’s Churchyard. Sambourne was educated at the City of London School and Chester Training College. Aged 16, he entered the School of Art in South Kensington. He later gained an apprenticeship with a marine engine works in Greenwich. During this apprenticeship a friend showed his sketches to Mark Lemon, editor of ‘Punch’. This led to the publication of Sambourne’s first illustration for ‘Punch’. His career with the satirical magazine lasted for the rest of his life and he became Cartoonist-in-Chief in 1900. He also illustrated other publications, including the 1885 edition of Kingsley’s ‘The Water Babies’. He died in Kensington, aged 66.

Places

England, Dover, Kent, English Channel

Subjects

map (as Subject), satire, seascape/coastal scene, seagull, cliff, beard, moustache, man, woman, armour, helmet, social commentary, god, bollard

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), ink, pen and ink drawing

Artist

Edward Linley Sambourne (1845 - 1910)

Title

Hands beneath the Sea

Date

28 December 1906

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

height: 32.00 cm, width: 24.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, August 1964

Inscription

BR: Linley Sambourne delin / 28.Dec. 1906 ON MOUNT: Father Neptune. "Look here madam, I've been your protector all these years, and now I hear you think of undermining my powers?" / Britannia. "Well the fact is I want to see more of my friends over there, and I never look my best when I have been sea-sick" / Punch 2nd January 1907

GAC number

6538