British School
19th century
Two Men Playing Cards on a Barrelhead
Pen and blue ink with wash over graphite touched with white, on paper.
image: 10 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (260 x 193 mm); on sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 3/16 inches (297 x 234 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2119
Notes:
Drawing for an illustration for an unidentified work of popular fiction, probably dating from the first half of the 19th century; evidently the first in a series of three drawings depicting a fight over a card game (see 1986.2119-21), along with a fourth drawing illustrating another episode from the same work (1986.2122).
Inscription:
Signed in ink at lower right with an unidentified monogram, "HI"?, "HL"?, "HH"?; numbered "26" in pencil at upper right.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows two men playing cards on a barrelhead as two others look on. The card players are dressed in plain kilts and high boots, and the man seated at left wears a striped shirt and watch cap.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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