01: VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATORS AND CARTOONISTS
GEORGE DU MAURIER George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1834-1896) Equally talented as artist and writer, George Du Maurier developed a cartoon format for Punch that balanced text and image in order to record and satirise the fashions and foibles of society. For a biography of George Du Maurier, please refer to The Illustrators, 2009, page 30. Key works written and illustrated: Trilby (1895); chief society cartoonist of Punch (1864-96) His work is represented in numerous public collections, including the British Museum and the V&A. Further reading: Leonée Ormond, ‘Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (1834-1896)’, H C G Matthew and Brian Harrison (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, vol 17, pages 177-180; Leonée Ormond, George Du Maurier, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969; Leonée Ormond, ‘Du Maurier, George (Louis Palmella Busson) (b Paris, 6 March 1834; d London, 8 Oct 1896)’, Jane Turner (ed), The Dictionary of Art, London: Macmillan, 1996, vol 9, page 384
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18 A VOCATION AUNT : ‘ SHALL I GIVE YOU A NEW DOLL , MAGGIE ?’ MAGGIE : ‘ NO THANKS , AUNTIE , I SHOULD NEVER LOVE ANOTHER DOLL LIKE THIS ; FOR ONLY GOT ONE EYE , ONE LEG , AND ONE ARM , AND NOBODY WOULD CARE FOR IT IF PROPER DOLLS CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES , YOU KNOW !’ Signed Pen and ink 5 1⁄4 x 4 1⁄2 inches Provenance: Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, London, WC Illustrated: Punch, 23 February 1878, page 83
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