id:			170733
accession number:	2013.254
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"Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch, c. 1879. George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834–1896). Pen and brown ink with touches of graphite on wove paper; sheet: 25.2 x 35.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz 2013.254

title:				"Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch
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creation date:			c. 1879
creation date earliest:		1874
creation date latest:		1879
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creditline:			Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	pen and brown ink with touches of graphite on wove paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (British, 1834–1896)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 25.2 x 35.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 in.)
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	description:	heavy-weight wove paper
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	inscription:	inscribed in brown ink, on carpet: du Maurier
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	inscription:	inscribed, in brown ink, lower margin: Nincompoopians / (Surfeited with excesses of Cultchah," Prigsby and his friends are now going in for extreme simplicity)/ Prigsby - I consider the words of "Little Boy Blue" finer than anything Shelley evah wrote!" Recites them) /Muffington - "Quite so! And Schubert nevah composed anything quite so precious as the Tune!" (Tries to hum it)/ (Chorus: "How supreme!"
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	inscription:	inscribed, top margin, in graphite, very worn: [same as lower inscription]
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	inscription:	inscribed, upper left margin in graphite: 20 (encircled)
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	inscription:	inscribed, upper left margin in graphite: 20 (encircled)
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	inscription:	inscribed, left margin,and on bust, in brown ink: ANTINOUS
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	inscription:	inscribed, upper right margin, in brown ink: ½ page / Sorry to be so late - I send you cornhill [?] drawing - send tomorrow / (Tuesday) at 1 P.M. for socials / Initials /  I write to you for proof of almanac legends, but have not / received them. Please send them.
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	inscription:	inscribed, center right margin, in graphite: Punch / ½ Page
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	inscription:	inscribed, lower right margin, in brown ink: Dec. 20th 79 / 20 gs.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[J. S. Maas & Co Ltd, 15a Clifford Street, New Bond Street, London]
	date: January 7, 1985
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	Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 2, 2013-
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