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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Flying Artillery"
Pen and black ink and wash, over pencil, on paper.
9 15/16x 6 3/8 inches (253 x 163 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:3
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Watermark: none.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 45.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "George Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Sketch for Capt.n Barkers Greenwich Hospital".
Provenance:
George Beach De Forest; J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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