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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Culture for the million, or, Society as it may be. : Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes, &c., &c. / DM.
[London : s.n., 1869?]
wood engraving
image: 112 x 179 mm; sheet: 233 x 325 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1187
Notes
Caption continues: Nursemaid. "The persepective of the chiaroscuro is divine, Augustus. But, oh! The impasto, is it not a leetle too pizzicato?"
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch's almanack for 1870.
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch's almanack for 1870.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows a nursemaid leaning over the shoulder of man in a page or porters (?) uniform sitting at an easel in the park.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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