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HARRY FURNISS (1854-1924)

THE SIXTH AGE SHIFTS INTO THE LEAN OLD CHELSEA PENSIONER, WITH CAP-PEAK OVER NOSE AND HANDS ON KNEES, HIS ANNUAL BREEKS, WELL-WORN, A WORLD TOO WIDE FOR HIS SHRUNK SHANKS; AND HIS ONCE MARTIAL VOICE, TURNING AGAIN TOWARD CHILDISH TREBLE, PIPES AND WHEEZE

THE SIXTH AGE SHIFTS INTO THE LEAN OLD CHELSEA PENSIONER, WITH CAP-PEAK OVER NOSE AND HANDS ON KNEES, HIS ANNUAL BREEKS, WELL-WORN, A WORLD TOO WIDE FOR HIS SHRUNK SHANKS; AND HIS ONCE MARTIAL VOICE, TURNING AGAIN TOWARD CHILDISH TREBLE, PIPES AND WHEEZE

Price £750.00

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED 'THE ARTISTIC JOKE'
MONOCHROME WATERCOLOUR
14 1/2 X 10 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: HARRY FURNISS'S ROYAL ACADEMY, AN ARTISTIC JOKE
LONDON: THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ETCHING COMPANY, 1888, NO 56,
'SHAKESPEARE: STUDIO VERSION, THE SEVEN AGES OF THE MODEL'
EXHIBITED: THE ILLUSTRATORS
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-1992, NO 28

Artist: HARRY FURNISS (1854-1924)


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