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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Getting Up a Shine
1871?
4 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (106 x 175 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:21
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption continues: When the family go out of town, Betsy Jane gives everything a good polish up. The Guv'nor don't know himself, hardly, when he comes home again.
Drawing for a cartoon published in the the Judy almanack for 1871.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 21 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Title from published caption.
Drawing for a cartoon published in the the Judy almanack for 1871.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 21 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Title from published caption.
Summary
Drawing shows a maid servant dusting a portrait bust of a man which stands on a pedastal at right, as a man, whose features resemble that of the statue, sits smoking in an armchair at far right; at far left, a doorway where a second maid stands with a feather duster in her hands.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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