Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Sketchbook
1859?
Red and black chalk and graphite on paper.
Binding: 9 1/16 x 7 13/16 inches (230 x 198 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1770
Inscription: 

Signed "H.K.B." on front flyleaf; inscribed in pencil on second front flyleaf: Memoranda for Pies: 1859.

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

Sketchbook containing ca.18 drawings executed primarily in red and black chalk by Browne; chiefly studies for genre scenes of young women and children, with some of the drawings being transfers of Browne's chalk drawings offset to the facing page, retouched and reworked by the artist.

Associated names: 

Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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