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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Scud Hill", with other sketches in margins
Pencil, with pen and black ink, on paper.
9 5/16 x 15 1/16 inches (237 x 382 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
1976.26:8
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Watermark: none.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 185.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Also other sketches related to this book, in margins.
Inscription:
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "George Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original Sketch for Capt.n Barkers 'Greenwich Hospital'"; inscribed below design, "Scud Hill".
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.
Old Sailor, 1790-1846. Greenwich hospital
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