Public Dinners
Drawing
1837-39 (made)
1837-39 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pencil and sepia wash drawing, inscribed with the title, 'Public Dinners'.
Object details
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| Title | Public Dinners (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, sepia wash, drawing |
| Brief description | 'Public Dinners'. One of four illustrations drawn by George Cruikshank for Chapman and Hall's edition of 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens. Pencil and sepia wash, 1837-39. |
| Physical description | Pencil and sepia wash drawing, inscribed with the title, 'Public Dinners'. |
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| Content description | Stewards with official wands lead a group of children into a great hall. There are column arches in the background, a sketch of a chair in the foreground. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Public Dinners' (Inscribed in pencil) |
| Object history | The two stewards with official wands, helping to direct a procession of indignant orphans, are portraits of Dickens and Cruikshank. |
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| Literary reference | 'Sketches by Boz' by Charles Dickens, first published in 1836. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Charles Dickens: An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of his death London: HMSO, 1970. P.15. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, June-September 1970. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9917 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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