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Charles Keene
1823-1891
[Tripping the hotelier]
[London : s.n., 1863]
wood engraving
image: 78 x 52 mm; sheet: 122 x 101 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1260
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper from an unfinished woodblock 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, Sept. 12, 1863, p. 107; Burnand's work with Keene's illustrations later published in book form as: Tracks for tourists. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1864.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper from an unfinished woodblock 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, Sept. 12, 1863, p. 107; Burnand's work with Keene's illustrations later published in book form as: Tracks for tourists. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1864.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a man lying down across the doorway of a hotel with his suitcase, tripping the proprietor as he emerges from the door.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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