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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

One Consolation

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882

One Consolation

1871
3 13/16 x 4 inches (97 x 102 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.1769:58

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Caption continues: (Though it must be owned he was a Dreadfully Rude Person.) Seafaring Person. Never moind, Miss, they bain't bad'uns for Rough Weather.
Drawing for a cartoon for the periodical Judy, Aug. 2, 1871, p. 150.
Forms part of an album of 59 graphite and chalk drawings by H.K. Browne; including 21 drawings for illustrations executed for the Household edition of Pickwick papers, as well as sketches, studies, and designs for the periodical Judy (1986.1769:1-59).
Summary

Drawing shows a heavy-set woman, facing right, walking in the wind with her skirts blown up to her knees, revealing her calves and ankles, as a man looks on at left.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department