The Mother of Invention. George du Maurier Punch (10 February 1866): 56.
Mrs. Fred doesn't care how long she sits for her “dear Fred,” so long as her “darling Freddie” is in some safe place where he can't get into mischief.
What Artists and Their Families Have to Put Up With
- Equal to the Occasion"
- Trials of a Painter's Wife
- Histrionic Egotism [an actor's self-centeredness]"
- How Reputations of Distinguished Amateurs are Sometimes Made
- Precedence in Vanity Fair
- Two on a Tower
- Nature versus Art
- Artistic Amenities
- Distinguished Professionals
- Social Taradiddles
- What Our Artist Has to Put Up With
- The Mother of Invention
- Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy
- What Our Artist Has to Put Up With
- À Fortiori
- Encouragement
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Bibliography
Punch. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the Harvard University Library. Web. 4 May 2020.
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Last modified 5 May 2020