Two letters to William Powell Frith, R.A., humourously depicting Du Maurier, Frith and Lord Leighton
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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, R.W.S. (1834-1896)
Two letters to William Powell Frith, R.A., humourously depicting Du Maurier, Frith and Lord Leighton
the first letter extensively inscribed 'My dear Frith/I hoped today to have spent the afternoon with you and/the president, and given you both/the benefit of my counsel and advise_/But suddenly feeling a joke about/the census, I have spent the day/in trying to work it out, as the/inevitable boy comes tomorrow/morning for the weeks work_/yours ever with love/G.du Maurier' (overall)
brown ink
6 x 3¾ in. (15 x 9.5 cm.)
(two in one frame)
Two letters to William Powell Frith, R.A., humourously depicting Du Maurier, Frith and Lord Leighton
the first letter extensively inscribed 'My dear Frith/I hoped today to have spent the afternoon with you and/the president, and given you both/the benefit of my counsel and advise_/But suddenly feeling a joke about/the census, I have spent the day/in trying to work it out, as the/inevitable boy comes tomorrow/morning for the weeks work_/yours ever with love/G.du Maurier' (overall)
brown ink
6 x 3¾ in. (15 x 9.5 cm.)
(two in one frame)
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