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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Travellers' Dust. Verso: preliminary sketch for drawing on recto
1858?
Graphite on paper.
4 7/16 x 6 7/8 inches (113 x 175 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1768:6
Notes:
Drawing for an illustration to Charles Lever's Davenport Dunn (London : Chapman & Hall, 1857-1859), v. II, p. 605 (facing).
Forms part of a collection of 13 drawings by Browne for illustrations for the novels of Charles Lever (see 1986.1768:1-13).
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Inscription:
In pencil at foot: Travellers' Dust; signed with the artist's initials at lower right.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing composed of three vignettes showing, at top: knights in armor on horseback encountering a covered coach on a mountain road; at lower left: a shepherd and sheperdess seated at the base of tree surrounded by theor flock; at lower right: a man unloading a covered coach on a town or city street. With variant sketches for the same designs on verso.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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