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Two Men at a Doorway

Charles Keene
1823-1891

Two Men at a Doorway

7 x 4 9/16 inches (177 x 116 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1986.2094

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from Ray.
Formerly in the collection of the artist's brother, Henry Keene.
Summary

Drawing shows a man opening a door to a second man, shorter in stature, who stands on the threshold with a cane and a jaunty air; cancelled sketch on verso of the same subject, executed in pen and ink with touches of white and traces of graphite.

Associated names
Keene, Henry, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 119.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department