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CHARLES SAMUEL KEENE (BRITISH 1823-1891) FOR PUNCH MAGAZINE: A BROWN INK DRAWING ON PAPER TITLED 'A CLEAN BREAST OF IT',
Along with an identical print below.
Dated November 16th 1884.
The drawing inscribed in pencil below:
The Magistrate 'Oh, so you admit making counterfeit money then?'
The prisoner (airily) 'Well, the fact is your washup, the supply of the Genuine Article is so extremely limited and things generally are so very light commercially. that a poor fellow must do something these times to turn an Honest Penny!'
Provenance: Personal property of Geoffrey Dickinson, thence by family descent. Geoffrey Dickinson (1933-1988) began his contributions to Punch in 1963, and produced dozens of covers. In 1965, he was offered the position of Deputy Art Editor. Dickinson left Punch in 1984 and joined the Financial Times. Dickinsons work is held in the collections of the British Cartoon Archive, at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
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