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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Randulph's Interview With Cordwell Firebras in the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, with graphite sketches in the margins, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:6
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 20 drawings by Cruikshank to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's novel, The miser's daughter.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in volume I, chapter 8, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 1, 1842.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in volume I, chapter 8, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 1, 1842.
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink; numbered "6" in graphite at head of sheet; marginal sketches in graphite; on verso of mount: Vol. I, p. 254.
Summary
Drawing shows Randulph Crew and Cordwell Firebras in conversation, in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, both with grim expressions on their faces, two children watching them from behind a pillar; with preliminary sketches in graphite of faces, figures, and architectural details in all four margins.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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