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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"The door was just going to be closed in consequence, when an inquisitive boarder, who had been peeping between the hinges, set up a fearful screaming"
1874?
4 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (111 x 140 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:1
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. 113.
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 (see 1986.1769:1-59).
Mounted with another drawing (1986.1769:2) on an album leaf measuring 267 x 225 mm.
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 (see 1986.1769:1-59).
Mounted with another drawing (1986.1769:2) on an album leaf measuring 267 x 225 mm.
Published caption title.
Inscriptions/Markings
Mounted on album leaf with annotations in pencil: "From Pickwick" and "p. 113".
Summary
Drawing shows a crowd of women standing in the doorway of an outside door, behind which hides the figure of Mr. Pickwick at right.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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