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Turning the Tables 'Young Person' (Applicant For Housemaid's 'Situation'). 'May I Ask You, Sir, if You Keep a Boy?' Old Gent. 'a Boy! No. Why?' Young Person. 'Oh, to Clean Boots and Knives, Carry Up Coals and –' Old Gent. 'Ah, May I Ask – Can You Play the Piano?' Young Person (Dubiously). 'N-No, Sir –' Old Gent. 'Ah, Then, I'm Afraid You Won't – that Is, We Shall Not Suit You. I and My Wife Always Carry Up the Coals And, and Wash the Dishes, and All That Sort of Thing. All We Want Is Someone to Play the Piano!'

Charles Keene (1823-1891)

Price
£650
Signed
Dated 'June 1877' below mount
Medium
Ink
Dimensions
4 ½ x 7 inches
Illustrated
Punch, 23 June 1877, page 279
Exhibited
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2010-January 2011, no 60
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