Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Major Bagstock is Delighted to Have that Opportunity"
5 11/16 x 4 7/16 inches (144 x 113 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on tracing paper.
1981.67:2
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Illustration to Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son," London, 1862.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower center, in brush and black ink "PHIZ"; inscribed at upper edge, in pen and black ink, "Dombey & Son"; at lower edge, "Major Bagstock is delighted to have that opportunity".
Associated names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dombey and son.
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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