George Du Maurier
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George Du Maurier
by Harry Furniss
Pen and ink on Bristol board, 1880s-1900s
8 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (219 mm x 138 mm) irregular
NPG 3568
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Signed lower left-hand corner: ‘Hy.F.’
On reverse inscr. in red ink: ‘Punch Chap V’ and ‘110’.
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The image of Du Maurier fashioning a slender female foot may be a reference to Little Billee’s fetishization of Trilby’s ‘little left foot’ in Du Maurier’s hugely popular novel Trilby (1894). This suggests a date in the 1890s for the drawing.
On the back of the drawing are a face of the same sitter almost in profile to the left, crossed through, and the inscription ‘Punch Chap V’ and ‘110’ in red ink.[1]
See NPG collections 3337–3535, 3554–3620
Carol Blackett-Ord
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Three-quarter-length, standing to the left, wearing an apron; on the left, on a ledge or table, a naked foot.
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