A Visit to our Country House in the Suburbs - 1871

For sale is a full page of engravings - A Visit to our Country House in the Suburbs by A Parisian

1.    Five O'Clock A.M. - "Eatables and building Materials; now then; Fanny has the pie; Auguste has taken the hod; the children have the Wine, and Anatole, don't forget the lime"

2.    Arrived at the House.  There is not much shelter in the Arbour, but by an intelligent arrangement of the Parasols one may hope for a satisfactory result.

3.    "Good Gracious! what are you doing there?" - "Only trying the furniture"

4.    The articles of utility have been destroyed, but those of amusement have fortunately been preserved

5.    Fashionable amusements - "Carpentering and building are the only pleasures of life" 

This page has been removed from an issue of The Graphic, September 2, 1871

Condition is very good