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[Englishman walking abroad on a mountain path]

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Charles Keene
1823-1891

[Englishman walking abroad on a mountain path]

[London : s.n., 1863]
wood engraving
image: 77 x 77 mm; sheet: 131 x 90 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1263
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. 19, 1863, p. 117; 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 an Englishman strolling along a mountain path accompanied by a guide; a man in tophat and spats sits on the path in front of them as the Englishman waves his walking stick and says "Tenez le pot vullyaunt(?)."

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