Mr Walter Long

Sir Max Beerbohm (London 1872-1956 Rapallo) Mr Walter Long signed and inscribed 'Mr Walter Long/- a character study/by/Max' lower right), inscribed again '1. Honesty/2. Integrity/3. Straightforwardness/4. Fidelity to Principle/5. Party Loyalty/6. Freedom from Imagination/7. Freedom from Fancy/8. Stability/9. Mistrust of Metaphysics/10. Straightness to Hounds/11. Industry/12. Application/13. Diligence/14. Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains/15. Union trustingness/16. Obedience/17. Love of Open Air/18. Cautiousness/19. Freedom from Humour/20. Freedom from Wit/21. Lack of Fatal Fluency/22. Lack of Fluency/23. Goodness/24. Contempt for Mere Fluency/25. Freedom from Ideas/26. Love of Fair Play/27. Contempt for mere Ideas/28. Teamacity (buldog)/29. Simplicity/30. Lack of Guile/31. Naïveté (touching)' (lower half) pencil, watercolour and black ink on paper 14 ¼ x 10 ¼ in. (36.2 x 26.1 cm.)