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"Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch
George du Maurierc. 1879
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: "Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch
- Creator: George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834-1896)
- Date Created: c. 1879
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 25.2 x 35.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 in.)
- Provenance: [J. S. Maas & Co Ltd, 15a Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London, 1/7/1985, 250 pounds sterling, per invoice on file], Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, Ohio
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.254
- Medium: pen and brown ink with touches of graphite on wove paper
- Inscriptions: inscribed in brown ink, on carpet: du Maurier inscribed, in brown ink, lower margin: Nincompoopians / (Surfeited with excesses of Cultchah," Prigsby and his friends are now going in for extreme simplicity)/ Prigsby - I consider the words of "Little Boy Blue" finer than anything Shelley evah wrote!" Recites them) /Muffington - "Quite so! And Schubert nevah composed anything quite so precious as the Tune!" (Tries to hum it)/ (Chorus: "How supreme!" inscribed, top margin, in graphite, very worn: [same as lower inscription] inscribed, upper left margin in graphite: 20 (encircled) inscribed, left margin,and on bust, in brown ink: ANTINOUS inscribed, upper right margin, in brown ink: ½ page / Sorry to be so late - I send you cornhill [?] drawing - send tomorrow / (Tuesday) at 1 P.M. for socials / Initials / I write to you for proof of almanac legends, but have not / received them. Please send them. inscribed, center right margin, in graphite: Punch / ½ Page inscribed, lower right margin, in brown ink: Dec. 20th 79 / 20 gs.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
- Collection: DR - British
- Accession Number: 2013.254
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