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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Never judge people by externals / Du Maurier.
[London : s.n., 1878?]
wood engraving
image: 120 x 103 mm; sheet: 236 x 342 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1230:2
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Boy (with game). "Is this Squire Brown's?" Squire Brown. "It is!" Boy. "Are you Squire Brown's butler?" Squire Brown. "I am not!" Boy. "Whose butler are you?"
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch's almanack for 1879.
Printed on the same sheet as another cartoon from Punch's almanack for 1879, bearing the caption: The Edison weather-almanack ... (see 1986.1230:1).
Caption continues: Boy (with game). "Is this Squire Brown's?" Squire Brown. "It is!" Boy. "Are you Squire Brown's butler?" Squire Brown. "I am not!" Boy. "Whose butler are you?"
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch's almanack for 1879.
Printed on the same sheet as another cartoon from Punch's almanack for 1879, bearing the caption: The Edison weather-almanack ... (see 1986.1230:1).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a boy carrying a pheasant in a basket, talking to a man standing by a stone wall.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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