"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--"

"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--" by George Du Maurier

Medium

pen and black ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.44

About the Artist

George Du Maurier · 18341896

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (1834–1896) was a French-born British illustrator, cartoonist, and novelist whose sharp wit captured the absurdities of Victorian society. Born in Paris to Louis-Mathurin Busson du Maurier and Ellen Clarke—daughter of the notorious Regency courtesan Mary Anne Clarke—he grew up immersed in a fabricated family lore of aristocratic émigrés, though his grandfath...

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