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Charles Samuel KEENE
Study for 'Bad Excuse Better Than None'
(1867)
Medium
pen and ink over charcoal
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
pen and ink over charcoal
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2564-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures
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cartoons (humorous images)
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UNKNOWN
Study
Charles Samuel KEENE
Study for 'Coincident'
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Sebald BEHAM
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Pablo PICASSO
The Husband subjugated by his wife
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The Painter's Inspiration
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Study for 'The Vikings Bride'
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The prodigal
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Too True
Charles Samuel KEENE
Drawing
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Study for 'Art v. Nature'
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Woman and child
Bartolomeo SCHIDONE
Surprised by Watchmen - Reign of Henry IV
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Les Maris Venges - "Mr Maxime Est Expose A La Risee"
UNKNOWN
Study for 'Irish Ingenuity'
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Finished drawing for 'Consolation'
Charles Samuel KEENE
Two women
Yosl BERGNER
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri
Untitled
Jan STEEN
The Discovery
UNKNOWN
Mother and child
Cornelis de VOS
Fariboles No 38
UNKNOWN
Progress of virtue and vice (Plate 10)
Daniel CHODOWIECKI
A Dilemma
Phil MAY
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