"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)
Keene's image of three policemen marching a hand-cuffed man through the rain was published in Punch. The caption accompanying the related wood-engraving reads:
Happy Thought
Street Boy (appropriately applying the popular phrase to a "deserving object"): 'He's got 'em on!'"
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 satirized London society.
Happy Thought
Street Boy (appropriately applying the popular phrase to a "deserving object"): 'He's got 'em on!'"
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 satirized London society.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)
- Artist: Charles Samuel Keene (British, Hornsey, Middlesex 1823–1891 London)
- Date: 1876
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 1/8 in. (11.3 × 18.1 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1924
- Object Number: 24.67.7
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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