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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Sailors on a Cruise", with other sketches in margins
Pencil on paper.
10 1/16 x 16 5/16 inches (255 x 415 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:5
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Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1824.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 115.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original Sketch for Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; inscribed below design, "Sailors on a Cruise".
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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