Daylight Wisdom. From English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. Click on image to enlarge it.
Elder Sister: — “Oh! He proposed after supper, did he — after dancing with you all night — and you refused him? Quite right! My dear child, never believe in any proposal until the young man calls at eleven in the morning and ask you to be his wife!”
Selected du Maurier Cartoons on Courtship & Marriage
- Daylight Wisdom
- What Induced Him to Marry Her?
- Neighbourly Compliments
- Unconscious Cynicism
- Nous Avons Changé Tout Cela
- Things One Would Have Expressed Differently
- Love's Labour Lost
- Nemesis
- Feminine Perversity
- Caution
- The Mother of Invention
- Perils of Aesthetic Culture
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Bibliography
English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897.
Created 1 July 2001
Last modified 23 April 2020