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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Human nature / DM.
[London : sn, 1865?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1235
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[London : s.n., 1865?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Title from published caption.
Caption continues: Ferocious Mistress. "Cook, this is the third time you have sent up the joint raw this week, and your master is much displeased! I must really entreat of you, in future, to - to -" (awful pause) Cook. "Ah, I see! You've been waxed in the parlour, and so you comes and wents it on me in the kitchen."
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, Jan. 28, 1865, p. 42.
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Cartoon shows a cook and her mistress standing in the kitchen.
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