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Aesthetes

Aesthetes
 1885
study for cartoon for Punch’s Almanack for 1886

Medium
pen and ink over pencil
Measurements
14.2 × 23.4 cm (image) 25.4 × 35.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: du Maurier
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.: Indiscreet sister: “Why, (…illeg.) (crossed out) Harry. — you’re legs are getting more Chippendale than ever!” / Ldu Maurier / Oct’ 85
inscribed in pencil l.r.: “Aesthetes” Oct 1885
inscribed in pencil (faint) u.l.: Sister – Why, (…illeg.), your legs are getting more Chippendale than ever (Chippendale underlined)
inscribed in pencil u.r.: (…illeg.) / 6 Roderick Road / Mansfield Rd / NW / No5 / Reduce to / 6 ¾ in width
inscribed in pencil c.l.: ½ p. alm
Accession Number
4553-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Joint Trustees of the Late G. du Maurier, 1931
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Leisure, Games and Sport
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) discussions (events) legs (animal components) men (male humans) picnics socialising studies (visual works) women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian