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The image shows an elderly man sitting in an armchair near a window. He is holding a newspaper, looking out of the window. The man has white hair, a beard, and is wearing a robe. There is a pom-pom on the arm of the chair. Outside the window, there is a silhouette of a person and a fence.
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The image shows an elderly man sitting in an armchair near a window. He is holding a newspaper, looking out of the window. The man has white hair, a beard, and is wearing a robe. There is a pom-pom on the arm of the chair. Outside the window, there is a silhouette of a person and a fence.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Oh, Tax 'em by all means!"

Charles Samuel Keene

Date
1888
Medium
pen and brown ink and brown and gray washes with white gouache over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 19.7 x 13.2 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.89
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • caricature
  • Political
Provenance

R.A. Harari; (J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1975-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower left in brown ink: CK

NGA object ID 76064. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.