Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

[The cautious crocodile]

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Charles Keene
1823-1891

[The cautious crocodile]

[London : s.n., 1863]
wood engraving
image: 62 x 50mm; overall sheet: 123 x 195 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1265:2
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof of a wood engraving after a cartoon by Charles Keene for F.C. Burnand's "How, when, and where?, or, The modern tourist's guide to the continent," published in Punch, Nov. 14, 1863, p. 202; Burnand's work with Keene's illustrations later published in book form as: Tracks for tourists. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1864.
Accompanies the following text: The third is known as the Cautious crocodile, and is, perhaps, better adapted for the progress of invalids and elderly gentlemen than either of the above. ...
Printed on the same sheet with another Keene illustration for Burnand's text. See: "The venturesome V" (1986.1265:1).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at left: Tracks for tourists. Burnand. C.K.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows an Englishman descending a rocky mountainside on his hands and knees.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints