"The Sermon Question" Curate: (musical) "But why do you object to having a hymn during the Collection?" "Rector: (practical) "Well, you see, I preach a good sermon, which I calculate should move the people to an average of half - a - crown each; but... – Works

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"The Sermon Question" Curate: (musical) "But why do you object to having a hymn during the Collection?" "Rector: (practical) "Well, you see, I preach a good sermon, which I calculate should move the people to an average of half - a - crown each; but...

Charles Samuel Keene (English, 1823–1891)

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; burnished Indian proof

Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession Number55.2458

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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionI find, during a long hymn, they seem to cool down, and it barely brings a shiling a head!" Illustration to "Punch" 1888 volume 94, p.202

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.