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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Crossing the Line", with other sketches in margins
Pen and black ink, over pencil, on paper.
10 1/8 x 16 1/4 inches (257 x 413 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:7
Notes:
Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1824.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 175.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Also other sketches related to this book in margins.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower right, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original Sketch for Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; inscribed below design, "Shoving under 'the Line'"; inscribed by the artist at upper right, "Mr. Soane / 2d Part / Sherringham / 3d of August / Mr. Mrs. Bone / tomorrow / Wednesday"; inscriptions effaced at upper right.
Provenance:
George Beach De Forest; J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
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