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ORSON BYRON LOWELL. "She decides to engage him at his own price as a resident French tutor for her children, though to arrange it consumes the greater part of the afternoon, and he departs knowing her favorite flower and something of her taste in poetry." Illustration for LIFE magazine, published 1910. Also illustrated on page 44 of Fashion and Satire: The Drawings of Orson Byron Lowell and Charles Dana Gibson by Frederic A. Sharf and Jill Carey (Boston: Jean S. & Frederic A. Sharf collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2016). Ink with graphite and gouache on paper mounted to board. 545x390 mm; 21 1/4x15 1/4 inches, mounted to 25 1/4x19 1/2-inch board. Signed "Orson Lowell" in lower right image. Some foxing, staining, and toning. Hinged to board; matted and framed, with exhibition label affixed to the frame backing paper.
Provenance: The collection of Frederic and Jean Sharf, Massachusetts and Florida; private collection.
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