Edward John Poynter
‘Dundreary Explains Himself’ (LD006)
Title:
Dundreary Explains Himself
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Size:
114 mm x 157 mm / 4"16 x 6"6
Illustration appears on:
verso opp. p. 473
Illustration no.:
1
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DMVI Code:
LD006
Notes:
Full page. Caption reads: 'Dundreary Explains Himself. The Lord Dundreary (the "Veritable") and Mr. Sothern at Breakfast.' Caption also includes five line quotation from Dundreary.
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.