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ID number: BIRBI-40.4 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Keene, Charles Samuel (1823-1891) Title / Object name: The Coal Famine Object type: Drawing
Culture: British Materials: Pen and brown ink Measurements: 168 x 114 mm Provenance: Collection of A. A. Watney Weguelin; sold at Christi'es, 11 July 1938 (lot 33); purchased from F. R. Meatyard, March 1940, for £4.10.0
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A lady and a gentleman are seated either side of a table in overcoats and hats. The lady on the left reads an invitation to a ‘Fire Party.’ There is another work of the same subject in the Barber’s collection in a volume of 24 drawings by the artist (No. 44.10 (1-2)).
Inscriptions / Translations: Signed l.l.: CK [in monogram] Inscription on verso: 55, Baker Street
Notes: Sketch for the drawing published in Punch, 1 March 1873, p. 85.
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