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This is why Charles, who took his fair cousins to see Blondin on the high rope, did not think it by any means a "disgusting exhibition." / G du M.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

This is why Charles, who took his fair cousins to see Blondin on the high rope, did not think it by any means a "disgusting exhibition." / G du M.

[London : s.n., 1861?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 128 mm; sheet: 186 x 156 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1104
Notes
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, July 13, 1861, p. 12.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows a young man seated in an audience, flanked by two young women who cling to him anxiously as they look overhead.

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