Letter with Drawing of Whistler Menacing Du Maurier

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

George Du Maurier

Title

Letter with Drawing of Whistler Menacing Du Maurier

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1894–1896

Medium

Pen and brown ink on blue wove paper, with embossed printing

Inscriptions

"c/o Millar (?)" in brown ink at upper right; FELDEN, / BOXMOOR, / HERTS." in black letterpress at upper right; "Sep 21.94 / Dear Harrison (we'll drop the / Mr. if you don't mind - 2 confrerès) / Thanks for your letter. I / shall highly value the etchings / Helleu is going to be kind enough / to give me. I feel sure I shall / admire them as you do - even / more than we both admire / the August personage you mention + / whom we left in Whitby yesterday morning - We reached this very pleasant abode last night / With kindest regards / Yours very sincerely / George du Maurier" in brown ink on right and upper left sides of folded sheet; a pen and ink drawing at left, below signature

Dimensions

Sheet: 16.2 × 19.2 cm (6 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Reference Number

1933.225

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