Things one would rather have left unsaid. George du Maurier Punch (14 January 1882): 18. Click on image to enlarge it.
Proud Mama. “Don't you think dear Baby’s the Image of his Papa?”
Dull but well-meaning Family Friend. “Well, perhaps he is – but I Dare say he'll outgrow it in time.”
du Maurier excels in drawing handsome men and beautiful women, but this cartoon shows he can depict less attractive people in the mother-in-law and husband. How pretty are the maid and mother! Note, too, the way du Maurier has signed this cartoon by placing his name in the lower right corner of the painting in the background.
George du Maurier's Subjects: Unlucky Speeches, Ill-Considered Utterances, and Things One Could Wish to Have Expressed Otherwise
- "Those Infelicitious Speeches"
- "Taking One Too Much at One's Word"
- "Neighbourly Compliments"
- "Unlucky Speeches"
- "An Unappreciated Compliment"
- "Things One Could Wish to Have Expressed Otherwise"
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently"
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently" (2)
- "Things One Would Have Expressed Differently" (4)
- "Ill-Considered Utterances"
- "An Equivocal Compliment"
- "Too Kind by Half"
- "An Infelicitious Speech"
- "Speeches One Has to Live Down"
- "Too Considerate"
- "Consolation"
- "Infelicitious Queries"
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Bibliography
Punch. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 4 May 2020.
Last modified 15 May 2020