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Demoralizing effect of the female gaze
George Du Maurier (English (born in France), 1834–1896)
1884
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.4 x 24.3 cm (6 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.9 x 26.7 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 21.9 x 26.7 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number59.786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionDrawing for Punch February 1884
InscriptionsLR in ink: du Maurier; Inscription below: Demoralizing effect of the female gaze on teh highly strung artistic temperment/ It will be observed that Claude + Peter Paul are looking at thier can-/vases when their eyes ought to be intent on their palettes and vice versa.
ProvenanceStephen Bullard (1855-1909, Boston); to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959, Boston); from whom acquired as a bequest November 12, 1959