File:1878-Punch-DuMaurier-stoop-joke.png

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Cartoon on the female tight dress style of the late 1870s, which also satirizes male formal military uniforms. By George Du Maurier in Punch, May 25th 1878.

A variation on the classic theme of a young lady dropping her handkerchief...
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Source Punch magazine (this image scanned by H.Churchyard from "On Human Finery" by Quentin Bell)
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George du Maurier  (1834–1896)  wikidata:Q949700 s:en:Author:George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier q:en:George du Maurier
 
George du Maurier
Description French-British writer, illustrator, novelist and caricaturist
Date of birth/death 6 March 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 8 October 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris London
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London (1860–1896) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q949700
Other versions For another satire on a similar theme, see en:Image:Late-1870s-dumaurier-veto.png .

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