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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Don't look too much before you leap
[London : s.n., 1868?]
wood engraving
image: 102 x 175 mm; sheet: 190 x 246 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1177
Notes
Caption continues: Jenkins is timid, and never rides in hansom cabs, on account of the well-known tendency the horses thereof have to bolt, kick, and otherwise misconduct themselves. But one day he sees a horse woth a certain "je ne sais quoi" about it that inspires him with confidence; and having ascertained from the driver that said horse is not too fresh, and made him promise not to let it gallop, he enters the vehicle ---
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, June 27, 1868, p. 278.
Cartoon is the first of two panels, with the second showing the cab toppled forward and the horse and Mr. Jenkins sprawled together on the ground, with the caption, "The result!"
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, June 27, 1868, p. 278.
Cartoon is the first of two panels, with the second showing the cab toppled forward and the horse and Mr. Jenkins sprawled together on the ground, with the caption, "The result!"
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a man conversing with the driver of a hansom cab drawn by a thin, delapidated horse.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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