John Tenniel

‘DEARLY BOUGHT’ (‘SIR GARNET “IT DON'T LOOK MUCH, MADAM, BUT IT HAS COST GOOD MONEY, AND BETTER LIVES!” BRITANNIA “AND BUT FOR YOU, SIR GARNET, MIGHT HAVE COST MORE OF BOTH!”’) (‘KING COFFEE'S UMBRELLA HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO ENGLAND’ – MORNING PAPER)

210 by 159mm., pencil, signed with monogram and dated 1874, inscribed with title and publication details on original mount, signed and inscribed ‘an original sketch for the Punch cartoon (finished 1892)’ on reverse of original mount, mounted, framed and glazed