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John Edward Goodall
1853-1929
Elma Describes Miss Exeter's Birthday Festivities to Mabel
ca. 1889
Black ink wash with white, on cardstock.
4 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches (115 x 175 mm); on sheet: 5 x 7 5/8 inches (127 x 194 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1918
Notes:
Published caption title reads: "'Tell me every single thing' adjured Mabel."
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 149 (facing)).
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil in lower left hand corner: Chap 11; signed "J.E. Goodall" within drawing at lower right.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Illustration shows Elma seated in a parlor talking to Mabel, who stands attentively with her back to a chair.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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