Satires on the works of Sir Edward Bulwar Lytton

Inscribed by the artist in brown ink on drawing, "Arrives in his ancestral halls he orders his faithful butler to bring him a glass of brandy and water exceedingly hot and exceedingly wi[--]; He proposes in consequence to lady Emily Carrickfergus and is (we need not say) accepted; The faithless Altamout likewise proposes to the odious but wealthy lady Hampington; Reading the announcement in the Morning Post Lady Mary Anne goes almost dis[--] ; but finishes by acception Sir Humpford Bumford a [----] old baronet worth 20000 £ a year; The infant is left in a hamper at the Foundling Hospital; and Sir Edward Lulow Bulwig Bulwig ditto ditto &c Law[---] writes a fashionable h[--]d regarding this"; verso: inscribed in graphite at top left, "Thackeray-Satires on the works of Sir Edward Bulwar Lytton"; inscribed by other hand in graphite at bottom, "Given to Mrs. E. M. Fitzgerald-by Thackeray".