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Sketchbook

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882

Sketchbook

1859?
Binding: 9 1/16 x 7 13/16 inches (230 x 198 mm)
Red and black chalk and graphite on paper.
1986.1770

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed "H.K.B." on front flyleaf; inscribed in pencil on second front flyleaf: Memoranda for Pies: 1859.
Summary

Sketchbook containing ca.18 drawings executed primarily in red and black chalk by Browne; chiefly studies for genre scenes of young women and children, with some of the drawings being transfers of Browne's chalk drawings offset to the facing page, retouched and reworked by the artist.

Associated names
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department