Early Life
George du Maurier was the son of Louis-Mathurin Du Maurier and Ellen Clarke, the daughter of the infamous Regency courtesan Mary Anne Clarke. He studied art in Paris, and moved to Antwerp, Belgium, where he lost vision in his left eye. He consulted an oculist in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he met his future wife, Emma Wightwick. He followed her family to London, where he married Emma in 1863. They had five children: Beatrice (known as Trixy), Guy, Sylvia, Marie Louise (known as May) and Gerald.
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