James Mahoney
1816-1879
Rogue Riderhood and Mr. Eugene Wrayburn
ca. 1873
4 15/16 x 6 11/16 inches (125 x 169 mm)
Pen and black ink touched with white, on card stock.
1986.2042
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original drawing by J. Mahoney for an illustration for book IV, chap. 1 of the Household edition of Charles Dickens' "Our mutual friend" (London : Virtue & Co., [1873]).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with the artist's monogram at lower right; in pencil on verso, "James Mahoney Illustration to Dickens' 'Our mutual friend.' Book 4., chap. 1. Rogue Riderhood & Mr. Eugene Wraeburn [sic]."
Summary
Drawing shows Eugene Wrayburn standing in a boat in a lock, a barge pole in his hands, as Rogue Riderhood scowls down at him from his seat on the wooden lever of the lock-gate.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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