The Ilyssus!

1880

George Du Maurier

Artist, British, 1834 - 1896

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite with scratching-out on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.3 x 25.2 cm (6 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.216

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1974-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

below image in brown ink: The Ilyssus! / (or something like it); lower left in brown ink: small cut / to come under 1/2 [?] / in the place indicated / in the legend; center of right margin in brown ink: CHM / on Wednesday / at 1. P.M; sideways along right margin in graphite: [?] aware that this is a smoking compartment- / well aware of that but, Sir - and being (the rest not deciphered); by other hand, upper right in graphite: 147; by other hand, upper left in graphite: Reduce this to / 3/4 in width

Wikidata ID

Q64571346

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