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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Fashionable intelligence / DM.
[London : s.n., 1871?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 175 mm; sheet: 210 x 283 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1216
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Since it has become the fashion for gentlemen to dance with married ladies only, wallflowers have much improved in appearance, but still they are not happy!
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, July 29, 1871, p. 36.
Caption continues: Since it has become the fashion for gentlemen to dance with married ladies only, wallflowers have much improved in appearance, but still they are not happy!
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, July 29, 1871, p. 36.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a man offering his arm to a fat woman sitting in a corner at a dance, while three pretty young women sit by idle and unhappy.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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