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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
A fact
[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: 94 x 113 mm; sheet: 169 x 208 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1232
Notes
Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Guard (taking half-price ticket). "Surely, Miss, that young lady is over ten; are you not, Miss?" Dignified little one. "Pray, are you not aware, Guard, that it is extremely rude to ask a lady her age?"
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Dec. 12, 1863, p. 244.
Caption continues: Guard (taking half-price ticket). "Surely, Miss, that young lady is over ten; are you not, Miss?" Dignified little one. "Pray, are you not aware, Guard, that it is extremely rude to ask a lady her age?"
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Dec. 12, 1863, p. 244.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a woman and young girl seated in a railway carriage with a ticket-taker at the window.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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