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British School
19th century
Two Men Playing Cards on a Barrelhead
image: 10 3/16 x 7 9/16 inches (260 x 193 mm); on sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 3/16 inches (297 x 234 mm)
Pen and blue ink with wash over graphite touched with white, on paper.
1986.2119
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an illustration for an unidentified work of popular fiction, probably dating from the first half of the 19th century; evidently the first in a series of three drawings depicting a fight over a card game (see 1986.2119-21), along with a fourth drawing illustrating another episode from the same work (1986.2122).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in ink at lower right with an unidentified monogram, "HI"?, "HL"?, "HH"?; numbered "26" in pencil at upper right.
Summary
Drawing shows two men playing cards on a barrelhead as two others look on. The card players are dressed in plain kilts and high boots, and the man seated at left wears a striped shirt and watch cap.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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