Du Maurier, George
£750
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Sketchbook, 158pp., 17.5 x 11.5cm., mostly pencil sketches of men and women, heads, figure studies, trees, comic animals &c., at least two of Emma Wightwick, a few pen and ink, one page signed, roan-backed boards, [c.1862-3]
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note: Du Maurier's sketchbook about the time of his marriage to Emma Wightwick on 3rd January 1863. One pencil sketch of a reclining woman's head is captioned "Emma Wightwick Dec. 1862", another "last thing before married Jan 2 - 63", "Last sketch but one before I was married Jan 2 1863 at Mrs Spencer", and "Emma Wightwick asleep".