Victorian penwork on silk – punch cartoon “The Main Question” , c. 1890

$345.00 AUD

Victorian lace-edged silk placemat, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon of a boy & girl conversing by a fountainhead, inscribed:

“THE MAIN QUESTION

Girl, “Any use me waiting?”

Boy “No; I only came yesterday morning and ain’t half full yet.”

Circa 1890

silk 21cm, frame 32.5cm

Condition: minor staining, displays well,

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