A Strand Theatre program. Tuesday May 8th, 1917, 2:30 p.m. The Jew by Richard Cumberland. This was a benefit In Aid of the Fund for the relief of the Jewish victims of the war in Russia.

Wayner, Mark

Published by Expess Englsh & Foreign Printers., 89, Commerical Street, E. London, England, 1917

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4 pages. 242 x 195 mm. A Strand Theatre program. Tuesday May 8th, 1917, 2:30 p.m. The Jew by Richard Cumberland. This was a benefit "In Aid of the Fund for the relief of the Jewish victims of the war in Russia." Artwork on the purple cover is signed, in the print, "Mark Wayner 1917" The matinee was organized by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Landa. The patrons included Leopold de Rothschild, the Chief Rabbi [Joseph Herman Hertz], Elkan N. Adler, H. S. Q. Henriques, the Haham [Moses Gaster (1856 -1939), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain], Sir Joseph Lyons, Lucien Wolf, Israel Zangwill, John Galsworthy and others. Artwork on the purple cover is signed, in the print, "Mark Wayner 1917" Mark Wayner (Weiner)(1888 or 1889 - 1980) was a Polish-born artist who moved to London with his parents at the age of three. Displaying an early flair for drawing, he was first apprenticed to a German artist. He then studied at the Craft School affiliated to the Royal College of Arts and after that he studied at the Slade School of Art. Apart from painting, Wayner established a considerable reputation as a caricaturist and published two books on the subject. He supplemented his artistic income by designing posters and Christmas cards for the firm of Raphael Tuck. Mark Wayner (Weiner)(1888 or 1889 - 1980) was a Polish-born artist who moved to London with his parents at the age of three. Displaying an early flair for drawing, he was first apprenticed to a German artist. He then studied at the Craft School affiliated to the Royal College of Arts and after that he studied at the Slade School of Art. Apart from painting, Wayner established a considerable reputation as a caricaturist and published two books on the subject. He supplemented his artistic income by designing posters and Christmas cards for the firm of Raphael Tuck.

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• Title: A Strand Theatre program. Tuesday May 8th, 1917, 2:30 p.m. The Jew by Richard Cumberland. This was a benefit In Aid of the Fund for the relief of the Jewish victims of the war in Russia.
• Publisher: Expess Englsh & Foreign Printers., 89, Commerical Street, E. London, England
• Publication Date: 1917
• Binding: Paper Wrappers
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Judaica