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GEORGE BUSSON DU MAURIER (FRENCH/ENGLISH 1834-1896) AT THE BAY HOTEL signed, dedicated and dated du maurier / a son ami A.K. Hichens / souvenir d'eau fraiche / dimanche 23 aout; pen and black ink; 19 x 16cm; 7 1/2 x 6 1/4in (34 x 30cm; 13 1/4 x 12in framed) Provenance: Andrew and May Hichens (a gift from the artist in 1874, the year they were married) Inscribed on the backboard by May Prinsep Drawn by du Maurier at Freshwater 1874 / Andrew was staying at the Bay Hotel and I was with my uncle and aunt [...] Prinsep at the Priory / This picture was in Punch / a very good likeness of Andrew / May Prinsep / ––〃–– Hitchens / ––〃–– Tennyson Andrew Hichens (1833-1906), the gentleman seated in the present work, was a stockbroker and patron of the arts. He married Mary Emily 'May' Prinseps (1853-1931) in 1874 at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. The couple sat on various occasions for the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron including in the year they were married as Gareth and Lynette to illustrate Idylls of the King one of the series of narrative poems Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote on the legends of King Arthur. Both Cameron and Tennyson were neighbours of the Hichens in Freshwater. After the death of Andrew Hichens, May married Hallam Tennyson (1852-1928) in 1918, son of Lord Alfred Tennyson and former Governor General of Australia. George Busson du Maurier was a prolific illustrator, satirist and author, working for a wide range of publications including Punch and the Cornhill, and writing three popular novels: Peter Ibbetson (1889), Trilby (1894) his best-seller, and The Martian (1897). He was grandfather of the novelist Daphne du Maurier (1907-89).