Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"A compliment which Mr. Weller returned by knocking him down out of hand ..."
1874?
Graphite on paper.
4 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (111 x 143 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:6
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. 169.
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 with annotations in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 169"; stamped "190" in ink at lower left.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a crowded street scene, with Mr. Pickwick seated in a sedan chair at left and Mr. Weller battling a group of men at right, three of whom already sit or lie stunned on the ground at his feet.

Associated names: 

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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