John Edward Goodall
1853-1929
At the Gates of the Botanical Gardens
ca. 1889
6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (175 x 115 mm); on sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 inches (194 x 129 mm)
Black ink wash with white, on cardstock.
1986.1913
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item; signed "J.E. Goodall" within drawing at lower right.
Published caption title reads: "Quick, quick and we may escape the school after all."
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 76 (facing)).
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Published caption title reads: "Quick, quick and we may escape the school after all."
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 76 (facing)).
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption title inscribed in pencil below drawing; inscribed in pencil at upper and lower left hand corners: Chap 6.
Summary
Illustration shows Elma descending from a carriage in front of a crowded entranceway covered with an awning; two other women occupy the carriage behind her, and a servant holds the door and tips his hat as she steps down to the curb.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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