Touching him up

“Touching him up”. Engraving. Fun (1 May 1876): 188. Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Click on image to enlarge it.

Waggles:— “My dear fellow, what is the use of continually grumbling about the ant of knowledge in the combination of light and shade, when I can tell you at once where to find real ciaro-scuro?”

MacStickles:— “Hech, mon —— oh, where?”

Waggles:— “Why, in the dictionary, of course.”



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Bibliography

“Our Critic among the Pictures. Second Notice.” Fun. (18 June 1864): 133-34. Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Web. 2 March 2016.


Last modified 29 March 2016