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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Sketch for "Lorrequer Practising Physic" (No. 2)
1839?
Graphite and ink wash on paper.
5 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches (146 x 122 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1768:11
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.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. 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.
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