Original - A scene from Tom Cobb, as illustrated by D. H. Friston
Reason
Perhaps the only major illustration for one of
W. S. Gilbert's most successful straight plays. Tom Cobb, a hilarious little farce, wowed reviewers and the public alike, but, like many of Gilbert's non-Sullivan works, faded into obscurity in the early 20th century.
Original - A scene from Tom Cobb, as illustrated by D. H. Friston
Reason
Perhaps the only major illustration for one of
W. S. Gilbert's most successful straight plays. Tom Cobb, a hilarious little farce, wowed reviewers and the public alike, but, like many of Gilbert's non-Sullivan works, faded into obscurity in the early 20th century.