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Richard Doyle
1824-1883
Taxes / RD [monogram].
[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 107 x 71 mm; sheet: 140 x 113 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1317
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Doyle, probably created for publication in an unidentified issue of Punch or Punch's pocket book.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a man lying in bed with a small man seated on his chest wearing spectacles and a tophat with a quill and holding up a volume with the word "Taxes" across the front; the word "Taxes" is further engraved across the head of the design.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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