Charles Keene

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Charles Keene
1823-1891
The Three Names
ca. 1869
Pen and brown ink, on paper.
7 x 4 1/2 inches (177 x 114 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2092
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Title from Ray.
Preliminary drawing by Keene for an illustration for the short story "The three names," published in London society's Holiday number for 1869.
The library also owns a proof impression of the wood engraving executed after Keene's drawing (see: 1986.912).

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows an outdoor setting with three men in hiking gear standing in the foreground while a fourth man peers at them from behind a boulder in the background.

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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 119, reproduced p. 121.

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