Chris Beetles Gallery

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Happy Thought! Mrs Triplets: 'And how is your concert getting on, Herr Pfeiffer?' Eminent Violinist: 'Pudiful, as far as de brogramme Is goncerned – Beethoven – Schumann – Brahms! But ze dickets don't zell! Ach! Py ze vay, Mrs Triplets, you don't happen to haf zoch a zing as a moozicalish infantile venomenon apout you zat you could lend me For ze occasion – ja? Gonzertina! – Pantscho! – Pones! – Gomb! – anyzing vill blease ze Pritish boplic, if ze berformer Is onter vife years olt!'

George Du Maurier (1834-1896)

Price

£950

Signed

Signed
Inscribed with title below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

4 ½ x 7 ¼ inches

Illustrated

Punch, 30 June 1888, Volume 94, Page 306

Exhibited

'The Illustrators, The British Art of Illustration 1800-1997', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 1997-January 1998, No 81

Mrs Triplets: 'And how is your concert getting on, Herr Pfeiffer?'
Emininent Violinist: 'Pitiful as far as the programme is concerned – Beethoven – Schumann – Brahms! But the tickets don't sell! Ach! By the way, <rs Triplets, you don't happen to have such a thing as a Musical Infantile Phenomenon about you that you could lend me for the occasion – yes? Concertina! – Piano! – Spoons! – Comb! – anything will please the British public if the performer is under five years old!'

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