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Framed CP Scott photograph, signed by CP Scott to Joan Eckhard
Production place: Manchester, UK
Production note: Framed and mounted photograph
Materials: paper; wood; glass
Condition: Good
Dimensions: 570 x 370mm
Completeness: Complete
Inscription: "Joan Eckhard with love from C.P. Scott" signed "FW Schmidt"

Creator: FW Schimidt

Spoof San Seriffe letter to Geoffrey Taylor, Managing Director of the Guardian from 'Gorgio Baskerville - Thread Gill' of San Seriffe. The letter contains lots of grammatical and spelling errors. Dated 28th April 1977.
Production place: Unknown
Production note: Framed letter and envelope
Materials: Paper; ink; glass
Condition: Good
Dimensions: 575 x 325mm
Completeness: Complete

Creator: Gorgio Baskerville

Framed print of James Louis Garvin holding a copy of The Observer with a pen in his hand. Garvin was a journalist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (1912-1915).
Production place: Unknown
Materials: Paper; watercolour paint
Condition: Good
Dimensions: 378mm x 273mm
Completeness: Complete
Creator: Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie

A tree with a root that forms the word 'franc' is running after a man [President de Gaulle] dressed in black with a beret on. In between them is an axe.

In April 1969 another Les Gibbard cartoon had portrayed the same man and tree, this time with the root that spelt 'franc' anchored firmly into the ground, and de Gaulle looking thoughtfully at an axe labelled 'NO' and a watering can labelled 'YES'. This was in reference to a referendum in 1969 in which de Gaulle had told the French people to vote for his proposals to abolish the senate and reorganize regional government - or he would stand down. This referendum folowed the student riots of 1968 which had been backed by strike action by half the workforce. In the referendum 53% rejected de Gaulle's proposals. (Source: Gibbard's Double Decade Omnibus).