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British School
19th century
Man Shooting Another Man in Defense of a Fallen Comrade
image: 10 5/16 x 7 3/4 inches (263 x 197 mm); on sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 inches (298 x 229 mm)
Pen and blue ink with wash over graphite touched with white and orange chalk, on gray paper.
1986.2122
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; accompanies a sequence of three drawings depicting a fight over a card game (see 1986.2119-21) from the same work, all featuring two of the same protagonists.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "23" in pencil at upper right.
Summary
Drawing shows a Black man shooting another man in the chest with a pistol, as a third man lies half sprawled on the ground at their feet, sword in hand. A man driving a covered wagon engages an attacker with a sword in the background, and in the foreground a small keg lies on the ground at right, spilling its content from a hole in its side.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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