She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene

1870–1891 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor) · Drawings and Prints

The lettered caption below this drawing reads: Young Farmer (surveying stock): 'A pretty tidy lot, Maria.' Wife (considerably the senior): 'Aye, but they would na be there maybe were it no for my brass!' Husband (nettled): 'Whoy, lass, gin it coom to that wi' ye, if it had no' been for your money, mayhap ye wid na been here yerself!' Keene was a leading British illustrator who worked for Punch between 1864 and 1890. His imagery generally focused on humorous situations in humble surroundings, unlike his contemporary George Du Maurier who tended to satirize London society.

Artist

Charles Samuel Keene

Date

1870–1891

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1924