drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1945,0419.2
- Description
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Illustration to Smollett's 'Roderick Random'; scene in a lofty interior, three gentlemen standing before a woman, behind them, a table set for dinner and another figure, on the wall behind an ornate mirror
Pen and grey ink and grey wash, over graphite, with indented lines
- Production date
- 1780 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 123 millimetres
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Width: 75 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Engraved by Walker for James Harrison's 'The Novelist's Magazine', 1780. An impression (reg.no 1945,0419.2.a) is mounted with the drawing.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Roderick Random
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Associated Title: Novelist's Magazine
- Acquisition date
- 1945
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1945,0419.2
