Is she his wife? / F.W. Pailthorpe.

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F. W. Pailthorpe
Is she his wife? / F.W. Pailthorpe.
[Boston? : sn, 1877?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1907b
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[Boston? : s.n., 1877?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Caption reads: Tapkins: Ha, ha! How are you both? Scene 1.
Etched frontispiece illustration for Charles Dickens' farce, "Is she his wife?"; evidently etched by the artist for an edition of 1877 (Boston : James R. Osgood, 1877), the frontispiece being distributed separately and therefore not present in all copies of this edition.
Etching accompanies the original drawing by the artist for this illustration (see 1986.1907).

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Print shows Mr. and Mrs. Lovetown seated at the breakfast table, with the figure of Felix Tapkins standing in a doorway at left.

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