George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Sailors on a Cruise", with other sketches in margins
10 1/16 x 16 5/16 inches (255 x 415 mm)
Pencil on paper.
1976.26:5
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1824.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 115.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
One of eight designs for M.H. Barker's "Greenwich Hospital", London, 1826, facing page 115.
Formerly bound into the De Forest copy of the first edition.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in pen and black ink at lower left, "Geo. Cruikshank"; inscribed by the artist above design, "Original Sketch for Capt.n Barkers-Greenwich Hospital"; inscribed below design, "Sailors on a Cruise".
Associated names
De Forest, George Beach, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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