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Sketch for "Lorrequer Practising Physic" (No. 2)

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882

Sketch for "Lorrequer Practising Physic" (No. 2)

1839?
5 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches (146 x 122 mm)
Graphite and ink wash on paper.
1986.1768:11

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.
Summary

Drawing shows an interior scene with four figures; at the center of the design is a man is seated in a chair with Harry Lorrequer standing to his immediate left, examining him; at right, two other men stand looking on.

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
School
Department