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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"I say, how nice you look!"
1874?
Graphite on paper.
3 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches (98 x 137 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:8
Notes:
Drawing for an illustration to the Household edition of Charles Dickens's The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club (London : Chapman & Hall, 1874), p. 385.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
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Mounted on album leaf annotated in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 385".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Joe, the "fat boy", seated at a table at left, dining in the company of Mary who is seated at right, with another young woman standing behind the table with a dish of food in her hand.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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