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The image shows three individuals seated indoors. The man in the center is holding a hat, the woman on the left has a fan, and the woman on the right has a bouquet of flowers or decorative items on the table next to her. The setting includes ornate chairs and a detailed interior background.
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The image shows three individuals seated indoors. The man in the center is holding a hat, the woman on the left has a fan, and the woman on the right has a bouquet of flowers or decorative items on the table next to her. The setting includes ornate chairs and a detailed interior background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Barrington bore it all with exemplary patience"

George Du Maurier

Date
1878/1879
Medium
pen and brown ink with graphite on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 22 x 30.2 cm (8 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.) image (6.4 cm of sheet width is folded under): 22 x 23.8 cm (8 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.110
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Seated figure
  • interior
  • architecture
  • group
  • figure
  • Vase
  • Dress
Provenance

(Fry Gallery, London); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1968; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

by artist, lower right in pen and brown ink: Barrington bore it all with exemplary patience / P.7 Par VI / Mlle de Mersac / [Not deciphered]; by later hand, upper right on flap in graphite: [Not deciphered] (cut off) / Reduce [to?] 6 1/4; by later hand, lower center verso in pen and blue ink: [Not deciphered] (effaced)

NGA object ID 143679. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.