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[Eleanor with Victor Bourdon] / DM ; Swain sc.

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George Du Maurier
1834-1896

[Eleanor with Victor Bourdon] / DM ; Swain sc.

[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: approximately 152 x 117 mm; sheet 1: 101 x 144 mm; sheet 2: 71 x 141 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1241:1-2
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof made from two unfinished blocks, on India paper, 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. 351.
Burnished proof consists of two separate impressions from the upper and lower unjoined blocks comprising the single illustration, with white areas excised, probably for creation of an overlay proof from the unfinished blocks.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows Eleanor seated with Victor Bourdon on a bench in front of a Paris cafe; he addresses her while holding up a ladies handkerchief.

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