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"Oh! just aint people proud what have got pairasoles" / J. Leech.

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John Leech
1817-1864

"Oh! just aint people proud what have got pairasoles" / J. Leech.

[London : s.n., 1848]
wood engraving
image: 84 x 113 mm; sheet: 114 x 175 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1333
Notes
Published cartoon caption reads: "Oh! just aint people proud what have got pairasoles."
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by John Leech for Punch, 1848, v. 15, p. 22.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a little girl in a bonnet with a badly battered parasol walking past a group of ragged children.

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