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Study for 'Bad Excuse Better Than None'

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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Gallery location
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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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) discussions (events) gentlemen line drawings (drawings) men (male humans) newspapers parlours studies (visual works)
Movements
Victorian

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