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Illustration to Sally in our Alley
Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924
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Illustration to ‘Sally in our Alley’
support: 394 × 254 mm
Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924
<p><b>N03991</b> THE APPRENTICE: ILLUSTRATION TO ‘SALLY IN OUR ALLEY’ 1886
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<br/>Inscr. ‘E. A. Abbey 1886’ b.r.
<br/>Pen and ink, 15 1/2×10 (39×25).
<br/>Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Mrs E. A. Abbey.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) R.A., winter 1912 (301 or 308), as ‘Illustration to “Sally in our Alley”’.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Lucas, 1921, 1, p.159.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Old Songs</i>, with drawings by Edwin A. Abbey and Alfred Parsons, 1889, p.78.</p>
<p>The series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> illustrating <i>Old Songs</i> began in December 1886 with those devoted to H. Carey's song ‘Sally in our Alley’, and appeared in <i>Harper's Magazine</i> before publication by Macmillan; see No.3990 above. This drawing illustrates the verse:</p>
<p>When she is by, I leave my work, I lover her so sincerely; My master comes like any Turk, And bangs me most severely; But let him bang his bellyful, I'll bear it all for Sally: She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our Alley.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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actions: expressive adults alley apron architecture attacking Carey, H., ‘Sally in Our Alley’ clothing and personal items group groups literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man objects people recoiling townscape townscapes / man-made features