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Papa. "Alas! I cannot tell how deeply it pains me to find this blasé air of indifference - this icy, heartless disdain, in one so young - so fair! ... / DM.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Papa. "Alas! I cannot tell how deeply it pains me to find this blasé air of indifference - this icy, heartless disdain, in one so young - so fair! ... / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 115 x 175 mm; sheet: 238 x 300 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1188
Notes
Caption continues: Nor are you the only person in whom I have perceived these symptoms! they are rapidly becoming the fashion of the day!" Papa is not mad, but has been left a few moments in charge of his baby, and is learning his part in a piece for private performance.
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Jan. 15, 1870, p. 14.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a parlor where a man with a script in his hand addresses his lines to an infant in a highchair while a maid servant looks on in bewilderment from a doorway at right.

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