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.

[The flying fluteplayer]

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Charles Keene
1823-1891

[The flying fluteplayer]

[London : s.n., 1863]
wood engraving
image: 60 x 51 mm; sheet: 91 x 174 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1264
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 flying fluteplayer. Hold your Alpenstock like a flute and whistle a tune, if you can, to assist the illusion. ...
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 mountainside while holding his alpenstock to his lips as though it were a flute.

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