Publication Title: London Society Vol.1 1862 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card
165 x 115 mm. Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924
Illustration for the fictitious letter "A Letter from the Lord Dundreary". Lord Dundreary was a popular character in the play "Our American Cousin" (1858) by Tom Taylor (1817-80).
A young woman and a middle-aged man are standing next to each other. He has long mutton chops and a moustache and is wearing a monocle. He is playing with a pocket watch. The woman, dressed in a crinoline dress, is holding a bouquet and looking at the man's pocket watch. Illustrators monogram in the lower left corner.
