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Illustrations of "The Great Copack Epic"

George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Illustrations of "The Great Copack Epic"

9 5/16 x 9 inches (236 x 228 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
2009.211

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
1 of 3 illustrations.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, "Du Maurier"; "Sailed with her wondering happy protégés / Gaily down the [...] / The Great Copack Epic p. 142".
Summary

The present sketch is one of three drawings by Du Maurier that are associated with an unknown and probably unpublished text, "The Great Copack Epic." Du Maurier produced numerous satirical drawings that often commented on the Victorian social milieu of his day. Rendered with pictorial elegance, over a thousand images by him were produced for Punch, where he worked as a staff social cartoonist from 1860. All of the drawings in the Morgan's collection for "The Great Copack Epic" have beautifully penned legends by the artist that comment on the acute preoccupation Victorian England had with Eastern Europe.

Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department