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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Before Sam could interfere to prevent it, his heroic parent had penetrated into a remote corner of the room, and attacked the Reverend Mr. Stiggins with manual dexterity"
1874?
4 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches (110 x 137 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:19
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: "p. 233"; stamped "102" in reverse in ink at lower left.
Summary
Drawing shows Mr. Weller senior seizing Mr. Stiggins by the collar at far right, as his son Sam and a room full of Stiggins's female followers look on.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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