Au George Du Maurier

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (1834-1896) was a French-British cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist known for his work with Punch magazine and his Gothic novel Trilby (1894), which introduced the character Svengali.[1][2] His first novel, Peter Ibbetson (1891), was adapted into films, an opera, and a play, while his posthumous autobiographical work The Martian appeared in 1898.[1] Born in Paris, he studied art there before settling mostly in London.[1][3]