Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Cockney Alphabet - D for Dumb (Deaf or Dumb)

The Cockney Alphabet - D for Dumb (Deaf or Dumb)
 
A little taster of my new limited edition screen print, The Cockney Alphabet.
A for 'Orses, B for Mutton, &c., &c.. (you get the picture)

Limited Edition screen print, 50 cm by 70 cm (B2), signed and numbered by the artist.


This fellow's appeared in my work a few times, an irascible old Darby, cackling and growling in his Bath-chair under the arches of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. Hearing aids have come on, and offer great comfort for sure, but there's something so stylish about the old school hearing trumpet that the modern devices lack...

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