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Our Decadents, 1894
[below] Scanned from PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI July 7, 1894 ('Chariveri' seems to technically mean " a noisy procession" coupled with "a headache.") 
I could not identify the artist who drew this.
Flipbutt (the famous young art critic): "Ullo! What's this pencil sketch I just found on the easle?" Our Artist: "Oh, it's by Flumpkin – the impressionist fellow all you young chaps are so enthusiastic about, you know, clever, ain't it?" Flipbutt: ""Clever! Why, it's divine! Such freshness, such naiveté! Such a splendid scorn of mere conventional technique! Such a –" Our Artist: "Ullo, Old Man! A thousand pardons! That's the wrong thing you've got hold of! That's just a scribble by this little scamp of a grandson of mine. His first attempt! Not very promising, I fear; but he's only four!" |
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Makes you wonder if all art critics ought to automatically be surnamed "Flipbutt."
