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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The Masquerade in Ranelagh Gardens (A Correct View of the Place)
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:12
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 20 drawings by Cruikshank to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's novel, The miser's daughter.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in book II, chapter 4, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume II, 1842.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published in book II, chapter 4, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume II, 1842.
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink; on verso of mount: Vol. II, p. 230.
Summary
Drawing shows a view of a masquerade at Ranelagh, a group of revellers, some in the costumes of the Commedia dell'arte, dancing up the avenue to the left, some falling down and others beating them, men and women drinking and conversing in a pavilion surrounded by an ornamental pool, a man in a boat rowing across it, other masqueraders walking through the gardens, a maypole and the Rotunda beyond.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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