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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
The Delhi prize-money
[London : s.n., 1861?]
wood engraving
image: 115 x 174 mm; sheet: 160 x 224 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1231
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Maimed soldier (with a sigh). "Then, if I come again in twelve months you think you'll be able to ---" Clerk. "Tell you when to call again, dessay."
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier(?) for Punch, June 15, 1861, p. 248.
Caption continues: Maimed soldier (with a sigh). "Then, if I come again in twelve months you think you'll be able to ---" Clerk. "Tell you when to call again, dessay."
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier(?) for Punch, June 15, 1861, p. 248.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a one-armed soldier with his empty sleeve pinned across his chest conversing with a clerk in an office.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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