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Rushed off home in a cowd sweat; Got howd on him and lugged him home; And found him in bed with the cloose right over his HID; And give him such a ding er the hid with the flute; and Slipped tew rats inter old Billy Buck's double base
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
Rushed off home in a cowd sweat; Got howd on him and lugged him home; And found him in bed with the cloose right over his HID; And give him such a ding er the hid with the flute; and Slipped tew rats inter old Billy Buck's double base
inscribed 'Rushed off home in a cowd sweat' (upper left); 'Got howd on him and lugged him home' (lower right); 'And found him in bed with the cloose right over his HID' (lower right); ' And give him such a ding er the hid with the flute' (along the lower edge); and 'Slipped tew rats inter old Billy Buck's double base' (upper left)
pen and ink on buff paper
the first 3½ x 5¼ in. (8.8 x 13.3 cm.); the second and third 4¾ x 6½ in. (12 x 16.5 cm.); the fourth 6½ x 4½ in. (16.5 x 11.6 cm.); the fifth 4¾ x 5¼ in. (12 x 13.2 cm.)
five in the lot (5)
Rushed off home in a cowd sweat; Got howd on him and lugged him home; And found him in bed with the cloose right over his HID; And give him such a ding er the hid with the flute; and Slipped tew rats inter old Billy Buck's double base
inscribed 'Rushed off home in a cowd sweat' (upper left); 'Got howd on him and lugged him home' (lower right); 'And found him in bed with the cloose right over his HID' (lower right); ' And give him such a ding er the hid with the flute' (along the lower edge); and 'Slipped tew rats inter old Billy Buck's double base' (upper left)
pen and ink on buff paper
the first 3½ x 5¼ in. (8.8 x 13.3 cm.); the second and third 4¾ x 6½ in. (12 x 16.5 cm.); the fourth 6½ x 4½ in. (16.5 x 11.6 cm.); the fifth 4¾ x 5¼ in. (12 x 13.2 cm.)
five in the lot (5)
Provenance
with Cromer Antique Gallery, Norfolk.
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