493. GEORGE DU MAURIER (1834-1896). `OLD FRIENDS` - HOW TO SNUB THEM (1884).

Pen and sepia ink over traces of pencil
15 x 23.5cm.

The caption (printed on tab affixed to the backboard):
Mrs MacSmythe (who has got into a new set): "Oh -er -- How d'ye do?`
Mrs Fitz-Jones (her oldest friend): " Indeed - I hope it was a pleasant party."
Mrs MacSmythe: "Oh very much so - Everybody one knows was there, you know..."

Exhibited: London, The Leicester Galleries, July 1910, no.96, bt. by Kenneth Anderson (label on backboard)

Illustrated: Punch, March 1st 1884 (according to later pencil inscription on label on backboard).