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INSCRIBED 'DEAR BILL' AND PUBLICATION DETAILS BELOW MOUNT
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
8 1/4 X 11 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: TIM HEALD (SELECTED AND INTRODUCED),
THE BEST AFTER-DINNER STORIES,
LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2003, PAGE 44,
'DEAR BILL' BY JOHN WELLS AND RICHARD INGRAMS
'AND JUDGING BY THE OVATION I GOT FROM THE COMRADES AND THE ODD BREAD ROLL FLYING THROUGH THE AIR I FORMED THE IMPRESSION I'D GONE DOWN RATHER WELL. SOME SILLY BUGGER WRAPPED HIMSELF UP IN THE TABLECLOTH AFTERWARDS, OCCASIONING A CERTAIN FROIDEUR FROM THE TOASTMASTER'
EXHIBITED: THE ILLUSTRATORS,
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1870-2010, NO 446