Chris Beetles Gallery

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Poverty Junction

Phil May (1864-1903)

Price

£1,450

Signed

Signed and inscribed with title
Inscribed 'Poverty Corner Unemployed Entertainers in York Rd Lambeth' below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

14 ¼ x 11 inches

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 7

'The old days were the good days, you know. We got a lot of fun. The music-hall agents' offices were at York Road and Waterloo Road then, and the York Tavern, where we used to hang about hoping to hear of jobs, was called Poverty Junction.'
George Mozart, London Evening News, 13 February 1935

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