Cheap! Punch (22 February 1878): 78. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Click on image to enlarge it.
Landlady. “How shall I make out this Bill for the Artis’ in the Parlor, John? Shall I call ‘Mr.’ or ‘Esquire’?”
Landlord. “Ooh, you may write him ‘Esquire’, and charge him ’Alf a Sovereign extry!”
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