\"Kissing\" framed original print by Thackeray 1902 Pool/Billiards - Exc. & Rare

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\"Kissing\" framed original print by Thackeray 1902 Pool/Billiards - Exc. & Rare:
$599.99

Perfect for the Gentlemen\'s \"Man Cave\" .

Lance Thackeray

A Billiard Match: \"Kissing\"Landerer & Brown, London: 1902Chromolithograph on wove paper, printed in Bavaria

dated 1902

Lot \"Lance\" Thackeray(1869 - 1916) was an English illustrator, known especially for his comic sporting illustrations involving billiards and golf and for his many humorous postcards.

He was born inDarlingtonto Thomas Thackeray and Selina Neish. He was a founding member of theLondon Sketch Club. When he was over 30 he spent some winters in Egypt and produced humorous sketches which he collected inThe Light Side of Egypt(1908).[1][2]Thackeray drew the designs for over 950 postcard prints, mostly comic, and made a great number of illustrations for the humorous Press in England. At the beginning of World War I, despite being over 40, he volunteered for theArtists Rifles. He died inBrightonafter a long illness.

Brightly colored Edwardian billiard print. \"Kissing\" is a term in billiards, where the cueball rests touching the opponent\'s ball, as has happened on the table, but that\'s not the only kissing going on here. A Edwardian gentleman steals a romantic moment with his female companion while the little boy\'s back is turned. (Doesn\'t the kid look like Alfred E. Neuman?)

Lance Thackeray was a British artist best known for his comic sporting illustration art, especially billiards and golf, and his humorous postcards.

Condition: Excellentwith printed titled black border. Size: 18 1/2 x 24 (approx.) Not trimmed. Framed in beautiful Birds eye maple frame under glass with acid-free backing. (I\'ve been a picture framer for over 35 years and framed this personally about 25 years ago when I acquired it).

Rare to find an original!