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Watercolour sketches (20) to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's "The Miser's Daughter"

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George Cruikshank
1792-1878

Watercolour sketches (20) to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's "The Miser's Daughter"

1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, with miscellaneous graphite sketches and notations in the margins, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:1-20

Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.

Notes
Individual drawings comprising this collection have been cataloged separately.
Inscriptions/Markings
Each drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Samuel, Stuart M. (Stuart Montagu), Sir, 1856-1926, former owner.
Bibliography
Cruikshank's water colours / Joseph Grego. London : A. & C. Black, 1903, page 107-192 (with reproductions)
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department