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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"The chair was an ugly old gentleman; and what was more, he was winking at Tom Smart"
1874?
Graphite on paper.
4 5/16 x 5 1/2 inches (110 x 140 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:7
Notes:
Drawing for an illustration to the Household edition of Charles Dickens's The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club (London : Chapman & Hall, 1874), p. 89.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
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Mounted on album leaf annotated in pencil: "p. 89"; stamped "234" in ink at lower left.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a bedroom with Tom Smart in his bed at right and an armchair with a leering face at left.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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