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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"A Witness", with other sketches in margins
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, over pencil, on paper.
10 x 14 7/16 inches (253 x 367 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:6
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.
Inscription:
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".
Provenance:
George Beach De Forest; J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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