PHIL MAY, RI RP NEAC (1864-1903)

YOUNGSTER (WHO HAS JUST GOT A PENNY TO SPEND): 'OW MUCH IS THEM GRAPES MISTER?' SHOPKEEPER (AMUSED). 'THEY ARE FOUR SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE A POUND , MY LAD.' YOUNGSTER. ' WELL ,THEN, GIVE US A 'APORTH O' CARROTS. I'M A DEMON FOR FRUIT

YOUNGSTER (WHO HAS JUST GOT A PENNY TO SPEND): 'OW MUCH IS THEM GRAPES MISTER?'
SHOPKEEPER (AMUSED). 'THEY ARE  FOUR SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE A POUND , MY LAD.'
YOUNGSTER. ' WELL ,THEN, GIVE US A  'APORTH O' CARROTS. I'M A DEMON FOR FRUIT

Price £1250.00

SIGNED AND DATED 95
AND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH TITLE ON THE REVERSE
PEN AND INK
8 X 5 1/2 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: PUNCH, 1 JUNE 1895, PAGE 255
LITERATURE: DAVID CUPPLEDITCH, PHIL MAY THE ARTIST & HIS WIT,
LONDON: FORTUNE PRESS, 1981, PAGE 115
EXHIBITED: THE FINE ART SOCIETY, JUNE 1965, NO 33
THE ART OF LEAVING OUT, CARTOON ART TRUST, AUGUST 2003
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2003, N0 61

Artist: PHIL MAY, RI RP NEAC (1864-1903)


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