Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
Mr. Jorrocks at Margate
1838?
8 9/16 x 5 7/16 inches (217 x 137 mm)
Black ink and wash over graphite on paper.
1986.2459
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an unused illustration to Robert Surtees's Jorrocks's jaunts and jollities (London : Walter Spiers, 1838).
Drawing torn at upper right hand corner, with some loss to image, repaired with tissue fill.
Title from Ray.
Drawing torn at upper right hand corner, with some loss to image, repaired with tissue fill.
Title from Ray.
Inscriptions/Markings
On verso in pencil: Drawn by "Phiz" to illustrate Jorrock's Jaunts, 1838, pp. 193 [with the page number 196 crossed out].
Summary
Drawing shows Mr. Jorrocks, who has lost his trousers while bathing, fleeing through the streets of Margate pursued by a mob.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 1790-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 78.
Classification
Century Drawings
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