The Robber Hung from a Beam

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Three men in a room try to locate the fourth one who is hanging from the ceiling on a rope — The robber hung from a beam while the blind men felt all round the room with their sticks.

Artist

Name:: Rhead, Louis
Dates:: 1857-1926
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The Arabian nights' entertainments
Author(s):: Anonymous
Publisher:: London, New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [1916?]
Open Library:: View record

Description

Three men forming an approximate triangle poke around with their sticks, trying to locate the fourth one who is hanging from the ceiling on a rope, smirking.

Keywords: 1910s, 20th century, black & white, hanging, male, One thousand and one nights