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John Leech
1817-1864
Scene.-Grand Hotel, Bath Road. Traveller, "What! are these the horses?" Old boy, "E-es, sir; and I be the po-ast boy"
1845
Graphite on paper, mounted onto detached album page.
4 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (107 x 174 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.583:6
Notes:
Original drawing for no. VI of a series of 12 illustrations entitled "Railway miseries," which appeared in "Punch's almanack for 1846," published in: Punch, vol. 10, Jan.-June, 1846.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a traveller peering out in dismay from a heavily laden coach at two decrepit horses about to be placed in harness.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 85.
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