Punch,  51 (1866), 13.

Question and Answer

D M, pseud.  [George L P B Du Maurier] *

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

D M, pseud.  [George L P B Du Maurier] *

Subjects:

Human Species, Human Development, Religion


    Shows a young girl standing before her mother who sits on a chair in a drawing room. The mother asks her daughter to identify 'the first man' and 'the first woman'. Learning from her mother that the correct answer to the first question is 'Adam', the girl suggests 'Madam' as the answer to the second.



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