Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Major Bagstock is Delighted to Have that Opportunity"
5 11/16 x 4 7/16 inches (144 x 113 mm)
Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on tracing paper.
1981.67:1
Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Illustration to Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son," London, 1862.
Illustration to Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son," London, 1862.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower center, in brush and black ink "PHIZ"; inscribed at upper edge, in pen and black ink, "Dombey & Son"; at lower edge, "Major Bagstock is delighted to have that opportunity".
Associated names
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dombey and son.
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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