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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Guy Fawkes & Catesby Landing the Powder", with additional sketches in margins
ca. 1841
Watercolor and graphite, on paper.
8 13/16 x 7 5/16 inches (224 x 186 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2062
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Sketch by Cruikshank for a frontispiece illustration for v. I of William Harrison Ainsworth's novel, Guy Fawkes, or, The gunpowder treason (London : Richard Bentley, 1841).
Inscription:
Inscribed below sketch, "George Cruikshank's original sketches", at top of sheet, "Original sketch", at foot, "Guy Fawkes & Catesby landing the powder".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Catesby and Guy Fawkes with a barge pole, in a small boat loaded with kegs of gunpowder; five preliminary sketches in pencil of elements from the central design in right and lower margins.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914. New York ; London : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 72, reproduced p. 71.
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