She was "Sorry She Spoke"
Charles Samuel Keene British
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The lettered caption below this drawing reads: Young Farmer (surveying stock): 'A pretty tidy lot, Maria.'
Wife (considerably the senior): 'Aye, but they would na be there maybe were it no for my brass!'
Husband (nettled): 'Whoy, lass, gin it coom to that wi' ye, if it had no' been for your money, mayhap ye wid na been here yerself!'
Keene was a leading British illustrator who worked for Punch between 1864 and 1890. His imagery generally focused on humorous situations in humble surroundings, unlike his contemporary George Du Maurier who tended to satirize London society.
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