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The image shows a woman seated at a grand piano playing keys. She wears an elegant dress and a hat. A man sits across from her on an ornate chair. He has a mustache and is dressed in a suit with a waistcoat. The room is detailed with a piano, sheet music, floral arrangements, and a framed picture on the wall.
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The image shows a woman seated at a grand piano playing keys. She wears an elegant dress and a hat. A man sits across from her on an ornate chair. He has a mustache and is dressed in a suit with a waistcoat. The room is detailed with a piano, sheet music, floral arrangements, and a framed picture on the wall.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--"

George Du Maurier

Date
c. 1865
Medium
pen and black ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.44
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • British
  • courtship
  • Music
  • Piano
Provenance

(J.S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1975-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower left in black ink: DM; lower center in graphite: "_and mist or glim, I'd sail with him, / If he would sail with me'_; by later hand, lower right in graphite: U8645; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 251B

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