Item/Description: Original satirical illustration by the celebrated British artist and caricaturist Ronald William Fordham Searle (English, 1920-2012) in his iconic artistic style of energetic, spiky fountain-pen linework mixed with delicate, atmospheric watercolor washes. Signed lower right. The classic British satire drawing captures an eccentric, elderly gentleman resting in an oversized wingback chair inside a grand, stately library, holding an antique ear trumpet up to his ear, his dog resting his head on the man's lap. Matted and adhered to foamboard.

Ronald Searle, the British cartoonist and caricaturist whose outlandishly witty illustrations for books, magazine covers, newspaper editorial pages and advertisements helped define postwar graphic humor. (Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable: The Wicked World of Book Collecting)

Material: Pen, Ink, Watercolor Wash on Paper

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 12"; Width: 18 1/4". Matted: Height: 17 1/2"; Width: 23 1/4"

Condition: Signs of age and wear include minor discoloration, some smudging to matting.

Age: 1960s-1980s

Provenance: Private Estate

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