Profile of Man Smoking Cigar
Medium
Black chalk, charcoal, and graphite with white chalk, on ivory wove card
Dimensions
35 × 26.8 cm (13 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47064
About the Artist
Philip William May · 1864–1903
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 ...