Punch,  51 (1866), 96.

A Delicate Hint

C K, pseud.  [Charles S Keene] *

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Illustrators:

[Cannon], pseud.  [Thomas S Seccombe] *

Subjects:

Light, Instruments, Gender


    Shows a young woman on a shoreline looking at her cousin through the wrong end of a small telescope. She tells him that he looks 'so nice such a long way off', to which another cousin (standing behind her) replies 'Aw—just so'.



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