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.

[Initial letter "O"]

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Charles Keene
1823-1891

[Initial letter "O"]

[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: 77 x 61 mm; sheet: 115 x 95 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1106
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof of a wood engraving on India paper from an unfinished block after an illustrated initial "O", designed by Keene for Punch to illustrate F.C. Burnand's "How, when, and where?", Sept. 5, 1863, p. 101; later appeared in book form in 1864 under the title "Tracks for tourists."
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustrated initial with a young woman lathering a man's face with shaving cream and a plate on the wall behind them serving as the initial letter "O".

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