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The simplicity of truth / Du Maurier.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

The simplicity of truth / Du Maurier.

[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: 173 x 110 mm; sheet: 250 x 215 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1243
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: "O, what do you think, Mr. Lillybrow? The other day I was taken for twenty-five, and I am only eighteen!" "Haw! Wonder what you'll be taken for when you're twenty-five!" "For better for worse, I hope!"
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving after a vignette designed by Du Maurier for Punch, Apr. 11, 1874, p. 149.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a man conversing with a young woman holding a fan.

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