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)

INSCRIBED 'THE ENGLISH LAUGH' AND PUBLICATION DETAILS BELOW MOUNT
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR
10 1/4 X 9 3/4 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
EXHIBITED: THE ILLUSTRATORS,
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1870-2010, NO 448

'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."'

Price

£650

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