Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
The Despatch
1858?
Graphite and brown chalk on paper.
4 3/8 x 7 inches (111 x 178 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1768:2
Notes: 

Drawing for an illustration to Charles Lever's Davenport Dunn (London : Chapman & Hall, 1857-1859), v. I, p. 345 (facing).
Forms part of a collection of 13 drawings by Browne for illustrations for the novels of Charles Lever (see 1986.1768:1-13).
Title from item.

Inscription: 

In pencil at foot: The Despatch; signed with the artist's initials at lower right.

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

Drawing shows a man and a woman walking together in close conversation in a wooded setting, as another woman stands regarding them at left with an envelope in her hand.

Associated names: 

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

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