At a Fencing "At Home"

Title: At a Fencing "At Home"
Subject: Cartoons; Fencing in Popular Culture
Description: Postcard with fencing scene and written joke: "Distinguished Foreigner (hero of a hundred duels): 'It is delightful, Mademoiselle. You English are a sporting nation.' Fair Member: 'So glad you are enjoying it. By the way, Monsieur le Marquis, have they introduced fencing into France yet?'" Signature "Oilette" on bottom left of illustration. Back of card details the jokes origin from "Punch". Printed in England by "Raphael Tuck & Sons’ 'OILETTE' [Regd.]". Postcard number 9188. Publishers proclaim to be "ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN".
Source: 2014.5013
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Date: about 1906
Temporal Coverage: 1900s
Rights: Institutional
Extent: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in)
Language: English
Type: Postcard
Identifier: 2018.03.010
Provenance: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [Image Source] [Copyright Holder's Terms of Use]