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Laura Mason and Eleanor

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

Laura Mason and Eleanor

[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: approximately 146 x 112 mm; sheet 1: 108 x 169 mm; sheet 2: 97 x 140 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1240:1-2
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof on India paper made from two unfinished blocks of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by Du Maurier for M.E. Braddon's novel "Eleanor's victory", published in Once a week, 1863, p. 239.
Proof consists of two separate impressions, one from the lower unjoined block and another made from both blocks, partially inked, showing the image engraved on the upper block and a portion of the lower block, with borders and white areas excised, probably for preparation of an overlay proof.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows Laura standing before a mirror as Eleanor looks on.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints