A Puzzle – Scene – Village Inn, Hampshire. Languid Swell: ‘’Sthawa Wifl’caw heaw?’; Barmaid: ‘Beg Pard’n, Sir!’ Swell: ‘’Sthawa Wifl’caw heaw?’ Barmaid: ‘Don’t understand French, Sir!’ Swell: ‘Haw!’ (Exit.) (He is supposed to have meant: ‘Is there a Rifle Corps here?’)
Drawing
1876 (drawn), 1876 (made)
1876 (drawn), 1876 (made)
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Drawing
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| Title | A Puzzle – Scene – Village Inn, Hampshire. Languid Swell: ‘’Sthawa Wifl’caw heaw?’; Barmaid: ‘Beg Pard’n, Sir!’ Swell: ‘’Sthawa Wifl’caw heaw?’ Barmaid: ‘Don’t understand French, Sir!’ Swell: ‘Haw!’ (Exit.) (He is supposed to have meant: ‘Is there a Rifle Corps here?’) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | Keene, Charles Samuel (1823-1891); 'A Puzzle', published in Punch, vol. 70, p. 201, 1876 |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Bibliographic reference | Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters And Methods Since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 128, fig. 102 |
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| Accession number | 332-1895 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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