Charles Keene
1823-1891
A Young Man and His Landlady
5 7/16 x 8 7/16 inches (138 x 213 mm)
Pen and brown ink touched with white, on paper.
1986.2091
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Ray.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with the artist's monogram at lower right; inscribed in pen in margin at left, "To F. Smallfield from his old friend Charles S. Keene".
Summary
Drawing shows a young man seated at a table, seen from the back, with a meal set before him; he holds up a letter in one hand as his landlady stands beside the table at right, her hands clasped, regarding him with a slight smile.
Associated names
Smallfield, Frederick, 1829-1915, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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. 120.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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