Demoralizing effect of the female gaze

George Du Maurier (English (born in France), 1834–1896)

1884

Medium/TechniquePen and ink on paper

DimensionsImage: 16.4 x 24.3 cm (6 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 21.9 x 26.7 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number59.786

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InscriptionsLR in ink: du Maurier; Inscription below: Demoralizing effect of the female gaze on teh highly strung artistic temperment/ It will be observed that Claude + Peter Paul are looking at thier can-/vases when their eyes ought to be intent on their palettes and vice versa.

ProvenanceStephen Bullard (1855-1909, Boston); to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959, Boston); from whom acquired as a bequest November 12, 1959