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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Positively the last of the long skirts this season / DM.
[London : s.n., 1867?]
wood engraving
image: 115 x 174 mm; sheet: 203 x 271 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1155
Notes
Caption continues: Hostess. "Oh, how tiresome! Somebody must be standing on my dress! Would you just run down-stairs, and see who it is, Mr. Brown?".
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Aug. 10, 1867, p. 56.
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Aug. 10, 1867, p. 56.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a fashionably dressed lady holding a fan and standing by an open door with her dress trailing through the doorway as she addresses a young man.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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