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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Fashionable intelligence / DM.
[London : sn, 1871?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1216
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[London : s.n., 1871?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Since it has become the fashion for gentlemen to dance with married ladies only, wallflowers have much improved in appearance, but still they are not happy!
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, July 29, 1871, p. 36.
Summary:
Cartoon shows a man offering his arm to a fat woman sitting in a corner at a dance, while three pretty young women sit by idle and unhappy.
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