Drawing of the Day: The Punch and Judy Pick-pocket, 19th Century

Punch and Judy Pickpocket
Drawing for a Series of Lithographs
Nineteenth Century
The Victoria & Albert Museum

This watercolor and ink drawing is unsigned and, therefore, rather difficult to date. Certainly, however, it comes from the mid-to-late Nineteenth Century.

The image, depicting a man being pick-pocketed while watching a Punch and Judy show was published in Paris as a set of lithographs by Nöel et Dauty. J. Langlumé acted as lithographer. Each lithograph was hand-colored.