TONY SARG (1880-1942)
The Coachman 1911
gouache on paper, signed and dated
19 x 15 ins (48.3 x 38.1 cm)
Framed: 23 x 19 ins (58.4 x 48.3 cm)

 Inscribed on the reverse: A SIMPLE H’EXPLANATION. Puzzled American: “say, cabbie, why don’t you say Hampstead instead of Ampstead”

Cabbie “well, sir, you see its like this; we drop the ‘h’ at ‘Ampstead and then we picks it up again at H’Islington