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A connoisseur

A connoisseur
1891
study for cartoon for Punch magazine

Medium
pen and ink over pencil

Measurements
12.2 × 19.3 cm irreg. (image) 20.0 × 25.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1892

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Hampstead, England

Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pen and ink (in image) l.c.: du Maurier
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.: a connoisseur . / Sir Pompey Bedell: / -“ This bottle of Romané-Conti seems rather cloudy, Brown! It ought to be all (ought underlined) / right – I know it stands me in twelve guinease a dozen! ” (twelve guinease a dozen underlined) / The New Butler: (The crossed out) / -“ There certainly his some sediment, Sir Pompey, but it’s of no consequence whatever! / I tried a bottle myself the other day & found it first rate! (myself underlined)
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: 1/2 p. Punch
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: Sep. 91 / Hampstead / George du Maurier
inscribed (diagonally) in pen and ink c.l.: cut off left / at bottom if wanted (crossed out in pencil)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil c.r.: 7 3/4 x 7 1/4

Accession Number
p.432.1-1

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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