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Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room.

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Title
Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room.
Names
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896 (Artist)
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909 (Wood-engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Music -- 1800s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1889-10
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MUSIC-18
Topics
Older people -- Women
Pianos
Singing
Drawing rooms
Young women
Music -- 1800-1899
Ugliness
Beauty
Entertaining
Genres
Cartoons (Commentary)
Notes
Content: "Vocalist (to fair stranger):--'a--I'm going to sing "Fain would I clasp thee closer, Love"--may I look at you while I'm singing?' Fair stranger: 'Oh certainly!--or my grandmother.'"--caption.
Source note: Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print ; b ; 13.2 x 20.8 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17931159
Barcode: 33333159449251
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 81cd0900-c557-012f-35ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1834: Creator Born
  • 1889: Issued
  • 1896: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889-10. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-3cf8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-3cf8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1889-10). Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-3cf8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Amorous entertainer and attractive young woman with her grandmother in a crowded drawing room.