George Du Maurier | Mamma. "And now Pussy, you have chatted enough. Shut your eyes, hold your tongue, and go to sleep!" Pussy. "How can I do three things at once, Mamma!" / DM. | Collection Online

Mamma. "And now Pussy, you have chatted enough. Shut your eyes, hold your tongue, and go to sleep!" Pussy. "How can I do three things at once, Mamma!" / DM.

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George Du Maurier

1834-1896

Mamma. "And now Pussy, you have chatted enough. Shut your eyes, hold your tongue, and go to sleep!" Pussy. "How can I do three things at once, Mamma!" / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]

wood engraving

image: 114 x 174 mm; sheet: 215 x 265 mm

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

1986.1195

Notes

Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, May 28, 1870, p. 212.

Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a woman brushing her hair in a bedroom mirror and addressing a little girl lying in bed with her head on the pillow

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