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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Dustmen and Wagon
Red and black chalk on paper.
3 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (84 x 114 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:44
Notes:
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).
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows three dustmen wearing traditional dustmen's hats and equipped with pails, baskets, a bell, and a shovel; one of the three, at left, is perched on the back of a horse drawn dust cart with a basket on his shoulder, which he prepares to unload in the back of the cart; in front of the cart, the two other dustmen stand on either side of a woman with two children.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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