Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Thermometer 150: Why don't you dress as I do & take it cooly?
4 7/16 x 6 15/16 inches (115 x 176 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite, on paper.
1986.2474
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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Caption title.
Signed "Phiz" at lower right.
Signed "Phiz" at lower right.
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption title in pencil: Thermometer 150 : Why don't you dress as I do & take it cooly?
Summary
Cartoon shows a skeleton seated in a chair at left and smoking a pipe as he addresses an obese man who sits in an armchair at right, mopping his brow with a handkerchief.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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