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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Mr. Jorrocks at Margate
1838?
Black ink and wash over graphite on paper.
8 9/16 x 5 7/16 inches (217 x 137 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2459
Notes:
Drawing for an unused illustration to Robert Surtees's Jorrocks's jaunts and jollities (London : Walter Spiers, 1838).
Drawing torn at upper right hand corner, with some loss to image, repaired with tissue fill.
Title from Ray.
Inscription:
On verso in pencil: Drawn by "Phiz" to illustrate Jorrock's Jaunts, 1838, pp. 193 [with the page number 196 crossed out].
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Mr. Jorrocks, who has lost his trousers while bathing, fleeing through the streets of Margate pursued by a mob.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 1790-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 78.
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