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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Six Sketches
Graphite and watercolor, on paper.
7 13/16 x 5 5/16 inches (198 x 136 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2069
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Six sketches on single sheet, with four on recto and two on verso.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.=562 \\ Recto of sheet signed in ink by the artist at lower right; verso initialed "G.CK"; inscribed in pencil on recto, "The 3 pictures & the sketch-The Folio"; list in pencil on verso, "Origin of JJ. / Progress - / Present State - / The Object - / The Effects - / Old Milestone - / Bowleys - / Watleyton(?) - / Merle".
Summary:
On recto: two sketches of groups of figures, one titles "The Vestry", the other "The Xtia...[illegible]; with a third sketch of a man lying on what appears to be the edge of a cliff, and a fourth of a long-necked grotesque figure. Verso: sketch of a figure seated on a hillside or cliff, surmounted by a rectangular decoration, with a small sketch of a girl's head in profile to the right.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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