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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Billy Culmer and the Goose
Graphite and watercolor on paper.
7 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (183 x 215 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:1
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Watermark: none.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition. This design was not used.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; numbered in graphite below design, "p. 102". Blind stamp at lower left: crown and "Bath" within a lozenge.
Provenance:
George Beach De Forest; J. Pierpont Morgan (no mark; see Lugt 1509).
Associated names:
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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