"A Reproof"
Charles Samuel Keene British
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This design for a wood-engraving published in Punch pokes fun at a man who has recently moved to the country from London and is trying his hand at shooting (hunting for birds). The related caption reads:
Country Gent (lately a citizen, who has just missed an easy shot): 'Confound the thing!'
Giles (with the bag): 'Oh Measter! Don' I wish as I'd had a stoan!' [stone]
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.
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