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Fond dreams of middle age / Du Maurier.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Fond dreams of middle age / Du Maurier.

[London : s.n., 1884?]
wood engraving
image: 106 x 174 mm; sheet: 273 x 341 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1244
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Mrs. Anderson. "To think we've never seen Switzerland, John, nor Italy! We must treat ourselves to all that, when all the girls are married! - and go up Mont Blanc, and - Phew! - The Matterhorn - a - Oh dear! - What a frightfully - Hilly place - Hampstead is - To be sure!" Mr. Anderson. "Yes; and get away from this beastly cold climate, and do Vesuvius, you know - and - a - Mount Etna - a - a - I say - Hold on a bit - a - I'm all - of a lather - Confound it - Phew!"
Proof of a wood engraving after a cartoon by Du Maurier for Punch, Jan. 19, 1884, p. 30.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a of group of people walking uphill in the park, the foremost being an older couple who show evidence of exertion, with the man mopping his brow.

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