Du Maurier, George (1834 – 1896) – ‘Tact’.

'Tact'. Admiring friend: "What, another picture? Why, that's the second you've finished this week!". Pictor: "the Third, my boy, the Third!". Admiring friend (wishing to be pleasant): "Ah! Wonderful! That's what I always say when I hear people abuse your pictures! 'They may be bad', I always say; 'but just look at the lot of them he turns out'!". Pencil, pen and ink. 1879. Signed. For 'Punch'. 5x4 inches.