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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882
"Mr. Tuckle, dressed out with the cocked-hat and stick, danced the frog hornpipe among the shells on the table"
1874?
4 5/16 x 5 7/16 inches (110 x 138 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:11
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. 265.
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: "p. 265"; with "96" stamped in reverse in ink at upper left.
Summary
Drawing shows Mr. Tuckle dancing on the table top, with two of his companions seated at left and right.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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