Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Magnanimous Conduct of Mr. Guppy"
4 1/8 x 5 13/16 inches (105 x 148 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on tracing paper.
1981.67:2
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Illustration for Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," London, 1853.
Illustration for Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," London, 1853.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "PHIZ"; inscribed at lower edge, "Magnanimous conduct of Mr. Guppy".
Associated names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak house.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 240.
Classification
Century Drawings
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