Chris Beetles Gallery

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A Sensitive Ear Intelligent Briton: 'but We Have No Theatre, No Actors Worthy of the Name, Mademoiselle! Why, the English Delivery of Blank Verse Is Simply Torture to an Ear Accustomed to Hear It Given Its Full Beauty and Significance by a Bernhardt or a Coquelin!' Mademoiselle: 'Indeed? I Have Never Heard Bernhardt or Coquelin Recite English Blank Verse!' Intelligent Briton: 'of Course Not. I Mean French Blank Verse – the Blank Verse of Corneille, Racine, Moliere!' Mademoiselle: 'Oh, Monsieur, There Is No Such Thing!' [Briton Still Tries to Look Intelligent.]

George Du Maurier (1834-1896)

SIGNED TWICE, INSCRIBED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE CAPTION AND DATED 'HAMPSTEAD DEC 1 90'
INSCRIBED '1/4 P', 'PUNCH' AND 'REDUCE' BELOW MOUNT
PEN AND INK
8 1/2 X 5 1/2 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: PUNCH, 28 FEBRUARY 1891, PAGE 107
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1837-2015',
NOVEMBER 2015 - JANUARY 2016, NO 20

THE INSCRIBED CAPTION IS AS FOLLOWS:
FEMALE LOGIC
HE: 'YES, I'VE NOT BEEN LUCKY WITH MY FISHING THIS YEAR. IN THE WHOLE SEASON I ONLY KILLED TWO SALMON – I MAKE OUT THEY COST ME A HUNDRED POUNDS A PIECE!'
SHE: (SYMPATHETICALLY): 'DEAR ME! HOW FORTUNATE THAT YOU DIDN'T CATCH ANY MORE!'

Price

£950

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