A Cavalier

A Cavalier by Philip William May

Medium

Watercolor on cream wove board

Dimensions

21.2 × 16 cm (8 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

Classification

watercolor

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

47059

About the Artist

Philip William May · 18641903

Phil May (1864–1903) was a British caricaturist and illustrator celebrated for his brilliantly economical line drawings that influenced generations of cartoonists. Born in Wortley, Leeds, into modest circumstances, he received little formal training but demonstrated extraordinary natural talent for comic drawing from childhood. He worked for various provincial papers before moving to Australia in ...

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