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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The Discovery of the Mysterious Packet
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:16
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 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 III, 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; numbered "16" at head of sheet in graphite, annotated in graphite, "Painted on the pannel", in the margin at right; on verso of mount: Vol. III, p. 80.
Summary
Drawing shows Hilda reading the marriage contract to her miserly father, who sits near the meagre fire, wrapped in blankets, an expression of anger on his face, drapery behind and a table to the left, chests on the floor.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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