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"'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I" frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion

A work made of pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card.

Date:

1898

Artist:

Charles Edmund Brock
English, 1870-1938

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Edmund Brock

Title

"'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I" frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1898

Medium

Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, in pen and black ink: "C.E.Brock . 1898"; inscribed, lower center: "'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his agent' / Chapter I"; further ink and graphite inscriptions in margins

Dimensions

29.8 × 22.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of James Deering

Reference Number

1927.1623

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