Framed Original Hand-Colored CARTOON from PUNCH Magazine
“CROSS-CHANNEL MARATHON”
1953
Punch Magazine [London]
(8 x 10 inches) (Framed: 13 x 16 inches)
Item Number: 209911
$1,000.00
Description
This hand-colored original cartoon from Punch magazine, published August 12, 1953, was drawn by the legendary satirist Ronald Searle.
Captioned “Cross-Channel Marathon,” the sub-caption reads:
On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Julius Caesar
The cartoon (8 x 10 inches) is matted and superbly framed in a hand-stenciled, gilt-edged, wood frame (13 x 16 inches overall).