Frederick John Skill
‘The Lord Dundreary "Proposing" [1]’ (LD001)
Title:
The Lord Dundreary "Proposing" [1]
Illustrator:
Engraver:
Source Text:
Lord Dundreary, pseud.,
'A Letter from the Lord Dundreary'
1862 in London Society (William Clowes, London: London Society),
2 (Sep 1862),
213–17
Size:
110 mm x 153 mm / 4"11 x 6"1
Illustration appears on:
verso opp. p. 209
Illustration no.:
1
/ 2
DMVI Code:
LD001
Notes:
No border. Full page. Caption reads: ' "Any fellah feelth nervous when he knowth he'th going to make an ath of himthelf." (See Mr. Southern in the character, and a letter from his Lordship at p. 213)'. Illustration listed as p. 213 on contents page.
Note: continuing 'work' by character. Lord Dundreary, a character from Tom Taylor's play 'Our American Cousin' (1858), made famous by Edward Askew Sothern's performance, appears throughout the volume in various stories and sketches.