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Officious interference / DM.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Officious interference / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 175 mm; sheet: 199 x 276 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1199
Notes
Caption continues: (Paterfamilias's steam-yacht has come to a stand-still, the fires having gone out.) Polite stranger (paddling to the rescue). "May I offer you a light, Sir!"
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, July 16, 1870, p. 23.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a man in a canoe holding up a cigar and addressing a family afloat in a steam yacht.

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