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Two sketches for book illustrations

Print
1817-1864 (made)
Artist/Maker

Pencil drawing of a man going downstairs and a servant and a page in a drawing-room.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTwo sketches for book illustrations (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing.
Brief description
Drawing by John Leech: two sketches for book illustratrions.
Physical description
Pencil drawing of a man going downstairs and a servant and a page in a drawing-room.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 5 7/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
In pencil : ---(A terrible domestic Incident) "Lawk John ! if you hav'nt been and let Master's Libery Fire out again ! ! " (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by Arthur Myers Smith, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.2029-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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