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Elma Witnesses the Snubbing of Miss Exeter by the Duchess and Lady Alfreton

John Edward Goodall
1853-1929

Elma Witnesses the Snubbing of Miss Exeter by the Duchess and Lady Alfreton

ca. 1889
6 7/8 x 4 9/16 inches (175 x 116 mm); on sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (191 x 130 mm)
Black ink wash with white, on cardstock.
1986.1915

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Published caption title reads: "The duchess and Lady Alfreton passed on!"
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 96 (facing)).
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil in lower left hand corner: Chap 8; signed "J.E. Goodall" within drawing at lower right.
Summary

Illustration shows Elma with Mabel at the flower show, watching as the duchess and Lady Alfreton walk away without acknowledging her other companion, Miss Exeter.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department