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Piers proposing to Elma

John Edward Goodall
1853-1929

Piers proposing to Elma

ca. 1889
6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (175 x 115 mm); on sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 inches (194 x 128 mm)
Black ink wash with white, on cardstock.
1986.1926

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Published caption title reads: "Elma, do you remember some presumptuous things I once said to you in this place?".
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 274 (facing)).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil in lower left hand corner: Chap 24; preliminary sketch in pencil on verso for "A Drive in the Park" (see 1986.1919); signed "J.E. Goodall" within drawing at lower right.
Summary

Illustration shows Piers proposing to Elma by a lattice window.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department