E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Spectacles,
the device of Thackeray in drawings made by him. In Punch, vol. xx. No. 495, p. 8, is a butcher’s boy chalking up “No Popery,” and the tray forms a pair of spectacles, showing it was designed by Thackeray.
