Lot Essay
These works were given to John Drinkwater, the poet and playwright, by George du Maurier's son Gerald, an actor and theatre manager and the father of Daphne.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1831-1896)
'An old King by a new name'
Details
George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1831-1896)
'An old King by a new name'
signed 'DU MAURIER' (centre right), dated '1876' (lower right, in the margin), variously inscribed with printers notes (upper right), with inscription 'To John/from/Gerald' (lower right) and further extensively inscribed (on the reverse)
pencil and pen and black ink
6 5/8 x 9½ in. (16.8 x 24.1 cm.); and two pen and ink drawings 'Rudiments of repartee' and 'What next!' by the same hand (3)
'An old King by a new name'
signed 'DU MAURIER' (centre right), dated '1876' (lower right, in the margin), variously inscribed with printers notes (upper right), with inscription 'To John/from/Gerald' (lower right) and further extensively inscribed (on the reverse)
pencil and pen and black ink
6 5/8 x 9½ in. (16.8 x 24.1 cm.); and two pen and ink drawings 'Rudiments of repartee' and 'What next!' by the same hand (3)
Provenance
Sir Gerald du Maurier
John Drinkwater Esq, and thence by descent.
John Drinkwater Esq, and thence by descent.