Robert William Buss
1804-1875
The Transactions of the Pickwick Club (study for the title; unused plate)
8 1/4 x 5 5/16 inches (210 x 135 mm) (sight measurements)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
2005.165:9
Notes
One of a set of 10 preparatory drawings for illustrations to Charles Dickens's "Pickwick Papers", including several unused designs.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Illustrated by R (smudged out) RWBuss", etc. Numbered in graphite, upper right corner, "74".
Associated names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Pickwick papers.
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Century Drawings
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