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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Who are you, you rascal?" said the Captain, administering several pokes to Mr. Pickwick's body with the thick stick ...
1874?
Graphite on paper.
3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (95 x 133 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1769:2
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. 129.
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 with annotations in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 129".
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mr. Pickwick sitting in a wheelbarrow surrounded by three men, one of whom, the Captain, stands at right and points at him threateningly with a cane.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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