Is it you, Mother? tunnelling shield 'Portrait of a Woman'

'Portrait of a Woman'

Inscribed in ink with the title and a numbered key to the figures

The 'bottle' and a glass are ever present on the mantelshelf

19th November 1968

The trowel used in laying the first stone of the new Royal Exchange 17th January 1842

Is it you, Mother? tunnelling shield 'Portrait of a Woman''Is it you, Mother?', 1916. Plate 75 from The Great War: A Neutral's Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869 1956) produced fiercely anti German cartoons during the First World War. The Germans offered a substantial reward for him, dead or alive, and the Dutch government, under pressure from Germany, placed Raemaekers on trial on a charge of endangering Dutch neutrality. He was acquitted, but fled to England