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Booth’s pen-and-ink sketches often depicted farcical domestic settings, such as a dog deliriously rolling on a kitchen floor and a frazzled looking husband and wife at a table nearby.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

She said she had found Sydney Arrobus was a London-born artist who was known for his pen-and-ink portraits, of which several hang in the National Portrait Gallery.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022

Almost two dozen Rubens paintings and oil sketches, plus a selection of chalk and pen-and-ink drawings, have been assembled.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

Conversely, a tiny pen-and-ink fellow holding skis shows up on a hill of snowy moguls plunked into nearby Prague as refugees from Sudetenland stream past Vera’s school and house in her subtly darkened watercolor town.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

They were still talking about pen-and-ink portraits and couldn't understand my desire to drag a heavy cash register through the forest.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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