{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O147969"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O147969/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BU4528/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BU4528/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2008BU4528","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O147969","accessionNumber":"SD.763","objectType":"Drawing","titles":[{"title":"The Pen is Handier Than The Sword","type":"assigned by artist"}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Drawing","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Partridge, John Bernard (Sir  RI)","id":"A4278"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen and Indian ink, over pencil, on card","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"}],"styles":[{"text":"British School","id":"x30967"},{"text":"Orientalism","id":"x31272"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2008BU4528"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLD","id":"THES49658"},"free":"","case":"SC","shelf":"31","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawing","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1911","earliest":"1911-01-01","latest":"1911-12-31"},"association":{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Signed Bernard Partridge -, inscribed with title and caption Punch, 18 October 1911, p.279.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt Holder, Oct.1979, £21 (exchanged for lithographs to the same value).'","historicalContext":"The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (also known in Italy as guerra di Libia, \"the Libyan war\", and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savasi) was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Italy from September 29, 1911 to October 18, 1912. The cartoon presumably refers to Turkey's unsuccessful appeal to European powers for help in transporting troops.","briefDescription":"Drawing,`The Pen is Handier Than The Sword', 1911, by Sir John Bernard Partridge  RI","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Bellona","id":"N308"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[{"text":"Italo-Turkish War","id":"V619"}],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Illustration","id":"x33379"},{"text":"Caricature","id":"x32507"},{"text":"War","id":"x35624"},{"text":"Soldiers","id":"AAT185678"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["SD.763"],"accessionNumberNum":"763","accessionNumberPrefix":"SD","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-18","recordCreationDate":"2008-03-20","availableToBook":false}}