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Vanity Fair

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882

Vanity Fair

8 15/16 x 7 1/4 inches (227 x 185 mm)
Red chalk on light blue-gray paper mounted on paper backing, secondarily mounted on a larger folded sheet.
1986.2460:2

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Drawing mounted on paper backing and in turn mounted with a second drawing (1986.2460:1) on a folded sheet 16 3/16 x 22 1/4 inches.
Title from item.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Vanity Fair" inscribed in red chalk at upper left.
Summary

Drawing shows a young woman standing with a man with a mustache and pointed beard and wearing a plumed hat standing behind her with one hand on her arm and his face over her shoulder; the figure of the man possibly intended to represent Mephistopheles (see Gordon Ray checklist).

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department