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"Conclusive!" Volunteer Colonel (swell Brewer): "I'm afraid, Mr. Jenkins, you had been indulging in potations that were too strong for you!" [Private J. was being "called over the coals" for insubordination at the inspection] Private Jenkins (who...

Charles Samuel Keene (English, 1823–1891)

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.2476
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Descriptionis still wearing his bayonet on the wrong side): "Oh, I couldn't have been drunk, Sir, for I never had no more than one pint o' your ale all the blessed day!" Illustration to "Punch" 1883 Volume 85, p.203
Signed Signed
Inscriptions"CK, lower right"
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.