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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Sketch for "Lorrequer Practising Physic" (No. 1)
1839?
4 1/8 x 4 3/16 inches (105 x 106 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1768:10
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 13 drawings by Browne for illustrations for the novels of Charles Lever (see 1986.1768:1-13).
Preliminary sketch for an illustration to Charles Lever's Confessions of Harry Lorrequer (Dublin : William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839), p. 137.
Title from Ray.
Preliminary sketch for an illustration to Charles Lever's Confessions of Harry Lorrequer (Dublin : William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839), p. 137.
Title from Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows an interior scene with five figures; at the center of the design, Harry Lorrequer stands over a man who is seated at a table, another man is sits back in a chair withhis legs crossed at far left, and two more men stand with arms crossed, one in the background at left and the other at far right.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 78-79.
Classification
Century Drawings
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