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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Before Sam could interfere to prevent it, his heroic parent had penetrated into a remote corner of the room, and attacked the Reverend Mr. Stiggins with manual dexterity"
1874?
Graphite on paper.
4 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches (110 x 137 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:19
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. 233.
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: "p. 233"; stamped "102" in reverse in ink at lower left.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mr. Weller senior seizing Mr. Stiggins by the collar at far right, as his son Sam and a room full of Stiggins's female followers look on.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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