Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Brutum fulmen / DM.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Brutum fulmen / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 174 mm; sheet: 199 x 267 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1206
Notes
Caption continues: Old Gentleman. "Now you children, I'll tell you what it is: if you make any more noise in front of my house, I'll speak to that policeman." Chorus of Juveniles (much tickled). "That p'liceman! Lor', we ain't afeerd of 'im! Why, that's father!"
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Oct. 22, 1870, p. 176.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a well dressed older man scowling a group of children loitering by the front door of his house.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints