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A Contrast – Scene: At a Sale of Antique Furniture WHEN THE MIRROR POLITELY STOOD STILL FOR A SPACE AND SHE VIEWED HERSELF IN THAT REEKING OLD PLACE WHILE THE TRIBES CLUSTERED , GRINNING, ALL ROUND HER SWEET FACE, SUCH A PICTURE WAS FRAMED AS ONE DON'T OFTEN SEE: ON OUR CATALOGUE'S MARGIN WE SKETCHED HER, PRO TEM, AND JUST ADDED THOSE LIVELY DESCENDANTS OF SHEM FOR A BACKROUND – THE BRIGHTER AND FAIRER THE GEM THE DARKER AND PLAINER THE SETTING SHOULD BE!

George Du Maurier (1834-1896)


Price
SOLD

Signed
Signed with initials
Signed, inscribed with title and dated 'Nov 8 1873'

Medium
Pen and ink

Dimensions
7 ½ x 11 ¼ inches

Illustrated
Punch, 8 November 1873

Exhibited
'Japan-British Exhibition', 1910, No 440; 'Ruskin's Artists', Chris Beetles Gallery, 12 February-2 March 2019

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