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Document identity
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170733
label
"Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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170733
contentType
drawing
title
"Nincompoopiana," Illustration for Punch
date
c. 1879
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80079839
creators
27043
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 25.2 x 35.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
2013.254
Source extras
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pen and brown ink with touches of graphite on wove paper
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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
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heavy-weight wove paper
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed in brown ink, on carpet: du Maurier
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1
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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2
inscription
inscribed, top margin, in graphite, very worn: [same as lower inscription]
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3
inscription
inscribed, upper left margin in graphite: 20 (encircled)
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4
inscription
inscribed, upper left margin in graphite: 20 (encircled)
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5
inscription
inscribed, left margin,and on bust, in brown ink: ANTINOUS
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6
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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7
inscription
inscribed, center right margin, in graphite: Punch / ½ Page
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8
inscription
inscribed, lower right margin, in brown ink: Dec. 20th 79 / 20 gs.
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9
creditline
Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
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2026-05-29 08:45:34.906000
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170733
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Drawings
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DR - British
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pen and brown ink with touches of graphite on wove paper
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male
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1
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photo
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