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Charles Keene
1823-1891
[The venturesome V]
[London : s.n., 1863]
wood engraving
image: 60 x 50 mm; overall sheet: 123 x 195 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1265:1
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 venturesome V. Sit down in the shape of a V, keeping your hands disengaged, so as to save yourself from bumping against the sharp projections, which would otherwise annoy the unwary traveller. ...
Printed on the same sheet with another Keene illustration for Burnand's text. See: "The cautious crocodile" (1986.1265:2).
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 venturesome V. Sit down in the shape of a V, keeping your hands disengaged, so as to save yourself from bumping against the sharp projections, which would otherwise annoy the unwary traveller. ...
Printed on the same sheet with another Keene illustration for Burnand's text. See: "The cautious crocodile" (1986.1265:2).
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 rump.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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