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Drawing

1815-1882 (made)
Artist/Maker

Scene in a church: a young woman embracing a young man in the presence of a clergyman and a beadle, while another young man kneels beside her and a child is seated nearby on the left holding a baby

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and wash drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Hablot Knight Browne: Scene in a church: young woman embracing a young man in the presence of a clergyman
Physical description
Scene in a church: a young woman embracing a young man in the presence of a clergyman and a beadle, while another young man kneels beside her and a child is seated nearby on the left holding a baby
Dimensions
  • Height: 133mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
  • Width: 102mm (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'Phiz' Inscribed in the artist's hand in pencil on the back: 'Beadle in Tears HKB'
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod.
Object history
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod, 1948
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Accession number
E.98-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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