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"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--"
c. 1865
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and black ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1995.52.44
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
George Du Maurier. "--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--". George Du Maurier; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Du_Maurier,_%22--And_mist_or_glim,_I%27d_sail_with_him,_if_he_would_sail_with_me--%22,_c._1865,_NGA_75959.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
"--And mist or glim, I'd sail with him, if he would sail with me--" — George Du Maurier. c. 1865.
Medium: pen and black ink over graphite with scratching out on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1995.52.44. Gift of William B. O'Neal.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.