Dangit sir, I wish you would just blow your nose ... [art original].

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Title: Dangit sir, I wish you would just blow your nose ... [art original].
Published / Created: [183-?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A slender man (left) reading a book complains to a second man (right) sitting opposite him, "Dangit sir I wish you would just blow your nose". The second man, who is very fat and has a very large, bulbous and ruddy nose that extends over the first man's book, replies, "Blow it your self it is as near you as it is me." They sit on upholstered chairs under a window in a small space, the large man's legs positioned between the thin man's two legs
Description: Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink.
Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume.
Caption continues: ... Blow it your self it is as near you as it is to me.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxi.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 35.8 x 25 cm, on sheet 37.3 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Humorous pictures
Satires (Visual works) England 1830
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor with pen and brown ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Noses
Obesity
Reading
Subjects: Noses
Obesity
Reading
England > 1830
British > 19th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Dangit Sir, I Wish You Would Just Blow Your Nose. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.