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RICHARD TAYLOR. Group of 4 cartoons for The New Yorker. Ink and wash on board. Average measurement 381x254 mm; 15x10 inches, board. All signed in image, two captioned in lower margins. Scattered light marginal soiling, first image with measurement indications, all with The New Yorker stamp and printers' indications on versos, issue date stamped on paper cover attached to side of board. Being "Our Gallery of Ancient Favorites: The Blessed and the Damned," November 21, 1936, p. 21; "'Now don't stir, old man..," May 25, 1940, p. 12; no caption, June 7, 1941, p. 12; and no caption, November 8, 1941 (not used in this issue).
"Blessed and Damned." 2 November 1936 "Keep perfectly still, Henderson, I've seen this very situation handled several times in the cinema." (Original working title here, changed slightly in published caption). 25 May 1940 Untitled (bride carrying groom over threshold). 7 June 1941 Untitled (startled office worker lifting roll top desk to find roosting pigeons). 8 November 1941.
