One Concerns a Baby In a Pram just Inside a Window On the Ground Floor

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One Concerns a Baby In a Pram just Inside a Window On the Ground Floor

Paul Cox (born 1957)

Price

£650

Signed

Inscribed 'The English Laugh' and publication details below mount

Medium

Pen ink and watercolour

Dimensions

10 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches

Illustrated

Tim Heald (Selected and Introduced), The Best After-Dinner Stories, London: The Folio Society, 2003, page 105, 'The English Laugh' by A P Herbert, 'A burglar approaches and starts scratching at the window and making signs with the idea of suggesting to the baby that it should lift its hand and open the latch. The baby takes no notice for a time but at last it says, "Don't be a damned fool, I can't walk yet."'

Exhibited

The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010, no 448

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