Equal to the Occasion. From English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. Click on image to enlarge it.
Mrs. Gushington.— “ Oh! oh! what a lovely, lovely picture! So true, so . . .”
Our Artist.— “Wait a bit, Mrs. Gushington—it’s wrong side up. . . . Let me put it right first . . .!” (Does so.)
Mrs. Gushington (unabashed).— “Oh! oh! oh! Why, that way it’s even more lovely still!”.
What Artists and Their Families Have to Put Up With
- "Trials of a Painter's Wife"
- "Histrionic Egotism [an actor's self-centeredness]"
- "How Reputations of Distinguished Amateurs are Sometimes Made"
- "Precedence in Vanity Fair"
- "Two on a Tower"
- "Nature versus Art"
- Artistic Amenities
- "Distinguished Professionals"
- "Social Taradiddles"
- "What Our Artist Has to Put Up With"
- "The Mother of Invention"
- "Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy"
Looking at Works of Art
- "Professional Beauties of the Past"
- "Flunkyana"
- "A New Reading of a Famous Picture"
- At the R. A. -- Triumph of Realistic Art
- Instinctive Critical Acumen [Moses Striking the Rock]
Scanned image and text by George P. Landow [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
English Society. Sketched by George du Maurier. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1897.
Created 1 July 2001
Last modified 26 April 2020