Harry Furniss
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Harry Furniss
1854-1925
The Artist Tied to His Work
1888
Pen and black ink, on wove paper.
8 7/8 x 7 inches (225 x 178 mm)
Gift of Sidney Katz.
1983.14:2
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Watermark: none.
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Signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist, in pen and black ink, "My dear Treherne(?) / Just wouldn't I like to / try it. but, alas! No go. Im yours ever obliged / 12th June 1888; Harry Furniss"; as well as names of projects on which he was working.
Provenance:
Pagent's Book Shop, New York; Mr. Sidney Katz, Brooklyn.
Associated names:
Katz, Sidney, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 261.
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