George Du Maurier - The Red Order Changeth
Lady Betty (Proud of the Old Ancestral Mansion Where the Family Have Lived Ever Since the Reign of Henry the Eighth): 'Just Fancy What Papa's Having Done! He's Having the Electric Light Put In!'
Prosaic Sister In Law from Chicago: 'I'm Glad to Hear It. It'll Be the Making of the Place!'
The Red Order Changeth
Lady Betty (Proud of the Old Ancestral Mansion Where the Family Have Lived Ever Since the Reign of Henry the Eighth): 'Just Fancy What Papa's Having Done! He's Having the Electric Light Put In!'
Prosaic Sister In Law from Chicago: 'I'm Glad to Hear It. It'll Be the Making of the Place!'
George Du Maurier (1834-1896)
Price
£850
Signed
Signed, inscribed with artist's address and dated 'Dec 93' Inscribed with title on reverse
Medium
Ink
Dimensions
9 ½ x 6
inches
Illustrated
Punch, 30 December 1893, page 302
Exhibited
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1837-2011', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2011, no 58
![Sympathetic Egoism of Genius (A Study)
'Don't run away yet, old man! It's quite early, and I want to hear all about your Academy Picture, which I'm told is splendid.'
[Proceeds to describe his own at great length, and then suddenly finds out how late it is, and bolts...]](https://chrisbeetles.com/storage/33514/conversions/17voec3tja08-masonry.jpg)
