Phrenological View of Social Rank. George DuMaurier [signed with monograph GM lower left]. Punch, or the London Charivari (5 July 1873): 4, Courtesy of the Hathi Trust and the University of California Library. Click on image to enlarge it.
“Who is that Venerable Party the two Miss Bottibols are Talking to ?”
“I believe his Name is Sir Rigby Digby.” “ Er— Baronet, of course; not Knight?"
“Baronet, I think. But why ‘of course'?”
“ Well—er—the Share of his Cranium induces me to Believe—eu—that the Distinction is more likely to have been Inherited than Acquired!”
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