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"Waiter: 'Did you ring, sir?' Traveller (as a gentle hint to previous arrival): 'Another fire, Waiter!'"

Medium/TechniquePen and ink on paper heightened with white watercolor
DimensionsIn Mat: 25.2 x 15.8 cm (9 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.2844
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Inscriptions"L Ravenhill" lower rt. Signature and title by artist on mat.
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
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