Edward John Poynter
‘The Lord Dundreary in the Country’ (LD003)
Title:
The Lord Dundreary in the Country
Illustrator:
Engraver:
Source Text:
Lord Dundreary, pseud.,
'Lord Dundreary in the Country'
1862 in London Society (William Clowes, London: London Society),
2 (Oct 1862),
306–08
Size:
114 mm x 153 mm / 4"16 x 6"1
Illustration appears on:
recto opp. p. 308
Illustration no.:
1
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DMVI Code:
LD003
Notes:
No border. Full page. Caption reads: 'The Lord Dundreary in the Country. "Take my word for it, the country ith a mithtake—it wants impwoving." (See p. 308)'.
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.