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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Randulph Defending Himself Against Philip Frewin & His Myrmidons
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:17
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 III, chapter 5, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume II, 1842.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in book III, chapter 5, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume II, 1842.
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink; numbered "17" at head of sheet in graphite, with sketches in the margins; on verso of mount: Vol. III, p. 180.
Summary
Drawing shows Randulph Crew raising his stick to strike Captain Culpepper, who attempts to draw his sword, Jacob Post striking a man with a cudgel, to the right, Philip Frewin knocked to the ground, a gentleman leaning against the wall in pain, watchmen rushing to the scene beyond, Hilda at the window above; with small preliminary sketches in graphite of some of the figures included in the composition in the left, right, and bottom margins.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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