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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Jack's Trump of Defiance", with other sketches, including "The Prince Regent"
Pencil on paper.
9 7/8 x 15 9/16 inches (251 x 397 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:2
Notes:
Watermark: C. Wilmot / 1823.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 21.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at left center, "George Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist in black ink at upper left, "Sketch for Greenwich Hospital"; at right center, "The Prince Regent"; in pencil at left center, "Scenery of Riot"; computations at lower left.
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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