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