Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Ah, ma'am-moiselle you should oblige your fader [drawing]

BIB_ID
330368
Accession number
MA 3207.16
Creator
Fawkes, Lionel Grimston, 1849-1931.
Published
ca. 1874.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, Mr. Albert H. Gordon, Mr. Morris Hadley, Mrs. Harold M. Landon, Mr. Paul Mellon, Mrs. James H. Ripley, Mr. Benjamin Sonnenberg, Mr. Robert H. Taylor, The Thorne Foundation, Mrs. Alan Valentine and Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1977.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
Part of a collection drawings by Lionel Grimston Fawkes for Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now;" drawings in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
7 1/4 x 4 11/16 inches (184 x 119 mm)
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, Mr. Albert H. Gordon, Mr. Morris Hadley, Mrs. Harold M. Landon, Mr. Paul Mellon, Mrs. James H. Ripley, Mr. Benjamin Sonnenberg, Mr. Robert H. Taylor, The Thorne Foundation, Mrs. Alan Valentine and Miss Julia P. Wightman in 1977.
Summary
Being a pen and ink drawing of a young woman, slumped in a chair, her head resting on her arm, a gentleman standing to the side of her and addressing her, a woman in the background with a handkerchief to her eyes and a second gentleman looking on.
Medium
pen and ink.
Classification