George Cruikshank
1792-1878
French Brandy
3 15/16 x 3 7/16 inches (100 x 87 mm)
Pen and black ink and watercolor, on paper.
1986.2068
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published illustration.
Drawing by Cruikshank for No. LXXXVIII of the Gallery of comicalities (London, n.d.); published illustration accompanied by verses with the first line reading, "Ah ha, Mr. Enghshman ! voyez ici, De grandest specific to banish ennui"; caricature also published by George Goodger in his The gallery of 140 comicalities (London, 1831).
Drawing by Cruikshank for No. LXXXVIII of the Gallery of comicalities (London, n.d.); published illustration accompanied by verses with the first line reading, "Ah ha, Mr. Enghshman ! voyez ici, De grandest specific to banish ennui"; caricature also published by George Goodger in his The gallery of 140 comicalities (London, 1831).
Inscriptions/Markings
Initialed "G.CK" by the artist at lower right.
Summary
Drawing shows a Frenchman in a tri-cornered hat, with purple jacket and a jabot; he holds a goblet of brandy in his left hand, to which he gestures with his right hand.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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