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Gustave Doré: London Art Week
Past exhibition
30 June - 7 July 2023
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gustave Doré, ‘But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o’er She shall press, ah nevermore!’, 1882

Gustave Doré

‘But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o’er She shall press, ah nevermore!’, 1882
Graphite, brush, grey wash, heightened with white
51.5 x 35.8 cm
20 1/4 x 14 1/8 in
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Provenance

Provenance:
J. Henry Harper, New York, from September 1882
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Marqusee, New York, New York;
A gift from the above ; Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Freemans, Philadelphia, 14th February 2023, Lot 55
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