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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Album of Drawings for Pickwick Papers and Other Miscellaneous Designs
Drawings in graphite and red and black chalk, on paper.
sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (267 x 225 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:1-59
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Drawings comprising this album have been cataloged individually.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
"Scrap album" containing 59 drawings by Hablot K. Browne mounted onto 33 leaves, variously executed in graphite and chalk, 21 of which are sketches in graphite for illustrations for the 1874 "Household edition" of Pickwick papers; the remaining drawings include cartoons for the periodical Judy, illustrations for unidentified publications, and various other miscellaneous studies and sketches by Browne.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 81.
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