20th Century British School - The Circumlocution Office Waiting Room
20th Century British School - The Circumlocution Office Waiting Room
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BRITISH SCHOOL
(20th Century)
The Circumlocution Office Waiting Room
Indistinctly signed; inscribed with title on the reverse
Pastel
Framed
39.5 by 54 cm., 15 ½ by 21 ¼ in.
(frame size 61 by 74 cm., 24 by 29 in.)
The Circumlocution Office was a satirical invention of Charles Dickens. In his 1857 Little Dorrit he described it as a type of inert government department run purely for the benefit of its incompetent and obstructive officials and constantly blocking the wheels of bureaucracy.
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The Circumlocution Office Waiting RoomIndistinctly signed; inscribed with title on the reversePastelFramed39.5 by 54 cm., 15 ½ by 21 ¼ in.(frame size 61 by 74 cm., 24 by 29 in.)The Circumlocution Office was a satirical invention of Charles Dickens. In his 1857 Little Dorrit he described it as a type of inert government department run purely for the benefit of its incompetent and obstructive officials and constantly blocking the wheels of bureaucracy.){kind=link}