Sardines on Blue Neutral Lucille stands staring directly at

Lucille stands staring directly at the camera

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

There is an ancient label on the back that simply say ‘Major Ramsay’

a hangover from the era of Victorian genre paintings but a very modern painting for 1889

I absolutely adore them but they are rare and I expect one day soon a cleverer and richer dealer will root out a stash on the continent and make them very expensive overnight

Sardines on Blue Neutral Lucille stands staring directly at