"What it has come to" An autograph letter fragment by Harry Furniss n.d.

FURNISS, Harry. (1854-1925). "What it has come to": An autograph letter fragment with original pen-and-ink political caricatures, n.d.
 
Single leaf (approximately 110 × 170 mm), written in ink on headed stationery (“Alington, Dean Park, Bournemouth”). The surviving leaf is the illustrated first page only, the remainder of the letter having been removed by a previous collector; extensive mounting residue to the verso. Small paper-clip mark at the upper left corner. Still, very good. 
 
The recto shows an animated pen-and-ink cartoon by Furniss of three figures in confrontation, one gesturing emphatically toward a scuffle between the other two, beneath the caption “What it has come to…”. The gesturing figure bears a strong resemblance to David Lloyd George. Addressed to Lord Portarlington; unsigned, as its the first-page fragment of a letter.
 
An accomplished example of Furniss’s informal sketches that he used to drop into correspondence. Furniss (1854–1925) was one of the leading British illustrators and political cartoonists of his generation, closely associated with Punch.