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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Randulph Crew Introduced to Beau Villiers on the Mall - St. James's Park
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.
2006.39:2
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 book I, chapter 2, of Ainsworth's novel as it appeared in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 1, 1842.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in book I, chapter 2, of Ainsworth's novel as it appeared 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 "2" in graphite at head of sheet; marginal sketches in graphite at right; on verso of mount: Vol. I, p. 73.
Summary
Drawing shows Randulph Crewe being introduced to the fop Beau Villiers by his uncle; with Lady Brabazon standing next to Villiers, and other men and woman observing the scene and conversing with each other at right; in the corner at far right, a Black child in a turban (Lady Brabazon's page) plays with a small dog on a leash; with four small graphite sketches in the margin at right, including three studies for the figure of the child in the turban and the face of a young man.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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