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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The Supper at Vauxhall Gardens (A Correct View)
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:14
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 19 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 II, 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 II, 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 and numbered "14" at head of sheet; on verso of mount: Vol. II, p. 262.
Summary
Drawing shows Randulph Crewe, gallantly raising Hilda's hand to his lips, as she sits at a Vauxhall Gardens dinner table, Lady Brabazon pointing the encounter out to Sir Norfolk Salisbury, who looks on with displeasure, other guests talking and eating at the table, a waiter bringing dishes of food, gentlemen talking beyond and watching a concert on a stage.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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