A cartoon of John Singer Sargent from 1917.
"Here's Sargent doing the Duchess X
In pink velours and pea-green checks.
'It helps,' says he, 'to lift your Grace
A bit above the commonplace.'"
From "Confessions of a Caricaturist," by Oliver Herford. Available for download from Google Books.
3 comments:
!! neat!! thanks for sharing
Ok. maybe i am a bit dense. I don't get the joke.
My Pen: I've added the quatrain that came with the drawing:
"Here's Sargent doing the Duchess X
In pink velours and pea-green checks.
'It helps,' says he, 'to lift your Grace
A bit above the commonplace.'"
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