Collection Online
Polly, I wish awfully you’d let it be

Polly, I wish awfully you’d let it be
(1889-1890)
illustration facing page p. 52 for the novel The Wages of Sin, by Lucas Malet [Mary St Leger Kingsley], in The Universal Review, vol. VI (January – April) edited by Harry Quilter, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co., London, 1890

Medium
pen and ink and touches of gouache
Measurements
32.2 × 21.3 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
1278.833-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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 Literary and Text Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
fans (costume accessories) full-length figures illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) seated figures women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian