Image not available
Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Who are you, you rascal?" said the Captain, administering several pokes to Mr. Pickwick's body with the thick stick ...
1874?
3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (95 x 133 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:2
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. 129.
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 with annotations in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 129".
Summary
Drawing shows Mr. Pickwick sitting in a wheelbarrow surrounded by three men, one of whom, the Captain, stands at right and points at him threateningly with a cane.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Catalog link
Department