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Lot Essay
The drawing illustrates a passage from Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son: 'Florence, looking into the little cupboard, took out the casebottle and mixed a perfect glass of grog for him... his (Captain Cuttle's) ruddy nose turned pale, he felt himself so graced and honoured.'
Charles Green was essentially an illustrator. Having studied at Heatherley's, he quickly established himself as an accomplished draughtsman and was extensively employed on such magazine's as Once a Week, Cassel's and The Graphic. He also illusrated a number of books including Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop (1876), perhaps the most interesting in relation to the present drawing. As an exhibitor he indentified particularly with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, becoming an associate in 1864 and a full member three years later. Green was one of the English illustrators who were most admired by Van Gogh during his stay in London in the mid-1870s; see English Influences on Vincent van Gogh, exh. University of Nottingham, 1974-5, cat. p,52, nos. 18-21.
For another work by the artist see lot 160.
Charles Green was essentially an illustrator. Having studied at Heatherley's, he quickly established himself as an accomplished draughtsman and was extensively employed on such magazine's as Once a Week, Cassel's and The Graphic. He also illusrated a number of books including Dickens's Old Curiosity Shop (1876), perhaps the most interesting in relation to the present drawing. As an exhibitor he indentified particularly with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, becoming an associate in 1864 and a full member three years later. Green was one of the English illustrators who were most admired by Van Gogh during his stay in London in the mid-1870s; see English Influences on Vincent van Gogh, exh. University of Nottingham, 1974-5, cat. p,52, nos. 18-21.
For another work by the artist see lot 160.