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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"I say, how nice you look!"
1874?
3 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches (98 x 137 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:8
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for an illustration to the Household edition of Charles Dickens's The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club (London : Chapman & Hall, 1874), p. 385.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Published caption title.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 22 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy.
Published caption title.
Inscriptions/Markings
Mounted on album leaf annotated in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 385".
Summary
Drawing shows Joe, the "fat boy", seated at a table at left, dining in the company of Mary who is seated at right, with another young woman standing behind the table with a dish of food in her hand.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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