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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Skolastikos / DM.
[London : s.n., 1873?]
wood engraving
image: 174 x 113 mm; sheet: 223 x 211 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1218
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Gazing at some photographs of fair ladies, Dr. M'Cluskie regrets that women should ever grow old; - "For," he observes, "Women differentiate essentially from men in that the former, having lost their youth, are often apt to forego that minute care for external appearance and personal adornment which goes so far to render one sex attractive in the eyes of the other."
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Dec. 6, 1873, p. 231.
Caption continues: Gazing at some photographs of fair ladies, Dr. M'Cluskie regrets that women should ever grow old; - "For," he observes, "Women differentiate essentially from men in that the former, having lost their youth, are often apt to forego that minute care for external appearance and personal adornment which goes so far to render one sex attractive in the eyes of the other."
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Dec. 6, 1873, p. 231.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows three unprepossesing older men leering at a display of pictures in a shop window.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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