"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene

1876 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor) · Drawings and Prints

Keene's image of three policemen marching a hand-cuffed man through the rain was published in Punch. The caption accompanying the related wood-engraving reads: Happy Thought Street Boy (appropriately applying the popular phrase to a "deserving object"): 'He's got 'em on!'" 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 satirized London society.

Artist

Charles Samuel Keene

Date

1876

Medium

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

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1924