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George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier — Why the Pifflers Lost their Return Match

George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier

Why the Pifflers Lost their Return Match

1865

Satirical commentary on Victorian sporting culture rendered with Du Maurier's characteristic wit and precise line work in wood engraving. Part of his extensive body of social satire for popular periodicals of the 1860s.

Medium
wood engraving

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Spotted works by George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier