{"product_id":"international-affair-battle-flowers-d5krdsu8","title":"\"An International Affair or a Battle of Flowers,\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn accomplished and detailed drawing, with a fine balance between design and detail: the horse’s head is foregrounded, its flaring nostrils paralleling those of the fine lady, who seems to be simultaneously relishing and rejecting her admirers. Pencil-titled and signed “Reginald Cleaver.” See Appelbaum and Kelly, \u003cem\u003eGreat Drawings and Illustrations from Punch 1841-1901\u003c\/em\u003e: “Cleaver (whose less gifted brother Ralph was also working for \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e at the same time) represents the highly accomplished, journalistically trained draftsmen of the 1890s. Before joining \u003cem\u003ePunch\u003c\/em\u003e late in 1891 (sic 1899?), he had been a chief factor in the success of \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Graphic\u003c\/em\u003e, for which he had done Parliamentary reportage. A truly professional artist-for-reproduction, he worked in clear, sharp lines that, among other qualities, were excellent for rendering photographs in the news media of the day. [Joseph] Pennell, not lavish in his praise and no friend of mass-market zincography, nevertheless stated: ‘Reginald Cleaver can probably\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48726664315037,"sku":"235453","price":270.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/international-affair-battle-flowers-d5krdsu8","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}