Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
One Consolation
1871
Graphite on paper.
3 13/16 x 4 inches (97 x 102 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:58
Notes: 

Caption continues: (Though it must be owned he was a Dreadfully Rude Person.) Seafaring Person. Never moind, Miss, they bain't bad'uns for Rough Weather.
Drawing for a cartoon for the periodical Judy, Aug. 2, 1871, p. 150.
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).

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a heavy-set woman, facing right, walking in the wind with her skirts blown up to her knees, revealing her calves and ankles, as a man looks on at left.

Associated names: 

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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