Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Memories. Mr. Podgers: "Ah you wouldn't think it to look at me now but I remember when I had no more waist than you my dear!".
Pen and brown ink on paper.
2 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches (70 x 65 mm); on mount: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (292 x 228 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2516
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Drawing tipped onto heavy cardstock mount with a second drawing (1986.2517) tipped on below.
Title from item.

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"Memories" inscribed in pencil at head of mount; caption titles inscribed on mount below each drawing.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a portly older man and a slender young woman standing in front of a painting of a young man on horseback; the man points to the painting (evidently a youthful portrait of himself) as he addresses his companion.

Associated names: 

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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