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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Randulph and Hilda Dancing in the Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens (A Correct View of the Place)
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:13
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 II, chapter 4, 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 4, 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; on verso of mount: Vol. II, p. 241.
Summary
Drawing shows a Randulph Crewe dancing a minuet with Hilda at Ranelagh, many other dancers, masked and some in masquerade costume beyond, musicians on a stand to the right and people talking on the balconies, Beau Villiers and Lady Brabazon watching in annoyance to the left.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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