Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Magnanimous Conduct of Mr. Guppy"
4 1/8 x 5 13/16 inches (105 x 148 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on tracing paper.
1981.67:1
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Illustration for Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," London, 1853.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "PHIZ"; inscribed at lower edge, "Magnanimous conduct of Mr. Guppy".
Associated names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak house.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 240.
Classification
Century Drawings
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