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

An enthusiastic patron of art / DM.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

An enthusiastic patron of art / DM.

[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 114 x 171 mm; sheet: 161 x 256 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1194
Notes
Caption continues: (Scene - the lobby of the Royal Academy on the day of the private view. The doors have just been opened.) "What, you here, Captain Ragge!" "Yaas! Got a couple hundred pounds to spend, and thought I should like to buy a picture, you know." "O! indeed? Let me choose one for you." "Will you, really? Tha-anks! In that case I suppose it's hardly necessary for me to go up, and I'll say good-bye."
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Du Maurier for Punch, May 14, 1870, p. 192.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Cartoon shows a man with a monocle greeting a party of women at the foot of a staircase.

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