<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert" class="extiw" title="en:W. S. Gilbert">W. S. Gilbert</a>'s "Bab" drawing of the modern major general, c. 1880
<p>W. S. Gilbert<br></p>
(Life time: died 29 May 1911)
<p><b>Original publication</b>: about 1880, in connection with the publication of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance" class="extiw" title="en:The Pirates of Penzance">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i> in England<br>  Republished in W. S. Gilbert's <i>Songs of a Savoyard</i>, 1890, p. 25<br></p>
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