McMahon

[tr ed p 60], pencil, Roberts, 174 x 152 mm

'McMahon' typeset brc of border, artist's signature and date, 'William Roberts 1922', brc of drawing. Illustration in black/grey on palest pastel green background with palest beige border.

Sir Henry McMahon, High Commissioner in Egypt.

p 34 [tr ed p 59] - 'Sir Henry McMahon, High Commissioner in Egypt, was, of course, our first effort; and his shrewd insight and tried, experienced mind understood our design at once and judged it good . . . and so McMahon at last achieved our foundation stone, the understanding with the Sherif of Mecca.'

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