Details
BROWNE, HABLOT K. ("Phiz"). A group of eight original pen-and-ink cartoon drawings, n.p., n.d., on 7 sheets pale blue laid paper, sizes ranging from 249 x 197 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 3/4) to 221 x 181 mm. (8 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.), matted and bound into maroon morocco gilt album by Riviere & Son, broken, title-leaf detached and frayed, very minor soiling, with printed title "Original Sketches by Phiz... From the Collection of Mrs. Purnell of Bath at whose house H. K. Browne used to stay". The drawings are free-hand sketches, most with captions in Browne's hand; pencil inscriptions on versos of the first and third drawings state that they were executed during a visit to Mrs. Purnell.
CONTENTS
1) a Roman emperor declaiming before the Senate; 2) a downcast gentleman, children in the backgound, caption "Repentance"; 3) the aftermath of a robbery, the female victim prone, a man chasing the thief; 4) a man sitting on a riverbank contemplating his just-drowned wife, the devil standing behind him tapping on his shoulder; 5) a Piccadilly orator with crowds; 6) figures on a windy day, their names inscribed in ink and pencil); 7-8 [on recto and verso of the same sheet]) a carriage ride and "a walk before breakfast" in the same? windy rainstorm.
CONTENTS
1) a Roman emperor declaiming before the Senate; 2) a downcast gentleman, children in the backgound, caption "Repentance"; 3) the aftermath of a robbery, the female victim prone, a man chasing the thief; 4) a man sitting on a riverbank contemplating his just-drowned wife, the devil standing behind him tapping on his shoulder; 5) a Piccadilly orator with crowds; 6) figures on a windy day, their names inscribed in ink and pencil); 7-8 [on recto and verso of the same sheet]) a carriage ride and "a walk before breakfast" in the same? windy rainstorm.