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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"The chair was an ugly old gentleman; and what was more, he was winking at Tom Smart"
1874?
4 5/16 x 5 1/2 inches (110 x 140 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:7
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an illustration to the Household edition of Charles Dickens's The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club (London : Chapman & Hall, 1874), p. 89.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Published caption title.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Published caption title.
Inscriptions/Markings
Mounted on album leaf annotated in pencil: "p. 89"; stamped "234" in ink at lower left.
Summary
Drawing shows a bedroom with Tom Smart in his bed at right and an armchair with a leering face at left.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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