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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Fashions for the kitchen / Du Maurier.
[London : s.n., 1877?]
wood engraving
image: 108 x 114 mm; sheet: 241 x 234 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1223
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Cook. "Lor', Jane, I wouldn't be bothered with them 'trains' every day! I only wears mine on Sundays!" Jane. "That may do for you, Cook; but for my part I likes to be a lady week-days as well as Sundays."
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Mar. 17, 1877, p. 120.
Caption continues: Cook. "Lor', Jane, I wouldn't be bothered with them 'trains' every day! I only wears mine on Sundays!" Jane. "That may do for you, Cook; but for my part I likes to be a lady week-days as well as Sundays."
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Mar. 17, 1877, p. 120.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a cook addressing a young maid servant who holds a broom in one hand while using the other to hold up the excessively long and trailing train of her dress.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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