Sweet Is Revenge

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Sweet is revenge, especially to women.

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Artist

Name:
Keene, Charles
Dates:
1823-1891
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Our people: sketches from "Punch"
Author:
Keene, Charles
Publisher:
London: James R. Osgood & Co., n.d. [1881?]
Open Library:
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Description:

A man sitting at the storefront of a barber shop, facing the street, blushes in embarrassment as a group of ladies passes by while he is having his face lathered with shaving soap.

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Captain ogleby, who annoys the Miss Lankysters so much on the promenade by his obtrusive admiration, is discovered early one morning, by his exultant victims, in the act of having an “easy shave” in the somewhat limited premises of the village Figaro.

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