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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Seated on an upright tombstone, close to him, was a strange unearthly figure"
1874?
4 3/8 x 5 7/16 inches (111 x 138 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:12
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. 201.
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inscriptions/Markings
Mounted on album leaf annotated in pencil: "Pickwick" and "p. 201".
Summary
Drawing of a graveyard setting, where Gabriel Grub the sexton is shown seated on a tomb at right with a small bottle in his hand and a pick at his feet and the goblin king sits cross legged atop a tombstone at left, the two main figures surrounded by the king's impish attendents.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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