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Charles Keene
1823-1891
A Perfect Cure
1861.
4 15/16 x 6 7/8 inches (125 x 175 mm); inlaid in paper border: 7 9/16 x 11 1/16 inches (191 x 281 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite, on tracing paper.
1986.2140
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published cartoon caption.
Published caption text continues: Our Cabby. "'Stonishing to me there ain't more Accidents along o' these 'ere Fountains. Always carry a flask of Old Tom or what not about yer, and yer can't come to no harm."
Sketch for a cartoon by Keene for Punch, published December 21, 1861, p. 254.
Published caption text continues: Our Cabby. "'Stonishing to me there ain't more Accidents along o' these 'ere Fountains. Always carry a flask of Old Tom or what not about yer, and yer can't come to no harm."
Sketch for a cartoon by Keene for Punch, published December 21, 1861, p. 254.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at upper right: Vol. 41 p. 254.
Summary
Drawing shows a cabby holding a flask and cup at a public drinking fountain, with his cab attended by another man in the background at left.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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