Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Enough For Two
1872
Graphite on paper.
3 3/16 x 4 1/4 inches (81 x 108 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:34
Notes: 

Caption continues: Kitty the Milkmaid (all the way from Wales). Now, then, imperence, what are you looking at? Fragment of Humanity (with the timber ankles). Why, my dear, I've lost suffin'; and it seems to me, ye know, you've found it.
Drawing for a cartoon for the periodical Judy, v. 2, Sept. 18, 1872, p. 220.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 21 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy (1986.1769:1-59).
Title from published caption.

Inscription: 

Drawing mounted on album leaf with "Judy" inscribed on the margin of the leaf in pencil at right.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a man with two wooden legs scrutinizing the back of a young woman carrying two milk pails on a pole; the woman wears heavy boots and looks over her shoulder to address the man who stands behind her at left.

Associated names: 

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

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