George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"A Witness", with other sketches in margins
10 x 14 7/16 inches (253 x 367 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, over pencil, on paper.
1976.26:6
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 158.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 158.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original Sketch for Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; inscribed below design, "Horse-man-ship-A Witness"; inscribed in a different ink at right, above design, "Davidson / for Rg Sheets".
Associated names
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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