Oh, How Kind of Uncle John (The Liver Sketching Club)

The inscription beneath this watercolour indicates that this work is inspired by the story 'Nursery Reminiscences' from the book 'The Ingoldsby Legends'. 'The Ingoldsby Legends' were a collection of poems, myths and legends written by author and clergyman Richard Harris Barham (1788 - 1845). 'Nursery Reminiscences' was a poem about a young boy recieving a gift a from his uncle for being good, shortly afterwards he was punished for ruining his new clothes.