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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"The words were scarcely out of the old gentleman's lips, when footsteps were heard ascending the stairs"
1874?
4 5/16 x 5 7/16 inches (110 x 138 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:20
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. 233.
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: "Pickwick" and "p. 397".
Summary
Drawing shows Arabella and Mr. Winkle senior seated face to face as Nathaniel Winkle enters the room through the doorway at far right.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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