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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Young Women Picking Flowers
6 3/8 x 4 11/16 inches (162 x 119 mm)
Graphite and black chalk on paper.
1986.1769:53
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
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 (1986.1769:1-59).
Summary
Drawing shows two young women picking flowers from a bush, one of whom, at right, stands with her hands over her head as she puts a cut blossom in her hair; a pair of garden shears lie in the foreground and a third women sits at far right.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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