What? Don't think the machine rather suits you?

Quite an Art in Itself!. Source: Fun (13 November 1878): 196. Source: Hathi Digital Library Trust web version of a copy in the Princeton University library. Click on image to enlarge it.

What? “Don't think the machine rather suits you?” “Not a natural pose?” “Would rather sit easily in a chair, so!” Oh, my dear sir, most preposterous! Wouldn’t do at all! No art in it. Oh dear, you’ll excuse my laughing at the notion!

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