Charles Keene
1823-1891
The Three Names
ca. 1869
7 x 4 1/2 inches (177 x 114 mm)
Pen and brown ink, on paper.
1986.2092
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Ray.
Preliminary drawing by Keene for an illustration for the short story "The three names," published in London society's Holiday number for 1869.
The library also owns a proof impression of the wood engraving executed after Keene's drawing (see: 1986.912).
Preliminary drawing by Keene for an illustration for the short story "The three names," published in London society's Holiday number for 1869.
The library also owns a proof impression of the wood engraving executed after Keene's drawing (see: 1986.912).
Summary
Drawing shows an outdoor setting with three men in hiking gear standing in the foreground while a fourth man peers at them from behind a boulder in the background.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 119, reproduced p. 121.
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Century Drawings
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