George Du Maurier - The Child of the Period
New Governess: 'Why are you tearing that placard, Elsie? I thought your Papa was a Liberal! '
Elsie: 'So he is - and the only One In the Family'
The Child of the Period
New Governess: 'Why are you tearing that placard, Elsie? I thought your Papa was a Liberal! '
Elsie: 'So he is - and the only One In the Family'
George Du Maurier (1834-1896)
Price
£1,750
Signed
Signed Signed, inscribed with title and dated 'Nov 1885' on text label
Medium
Ink
Dimensions
4 ¾ x 7 ½
inches
Illustrated
Punch, 12 December 1885, page 282
Exhibited
The Fine Art Society, London, 1887, no 80; The Fine Art Society, London, July 2001; 'The British Art of Illustration, 1800-1999', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, no 60; 'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1871-2022', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2022, no 13
![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)
