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Boy and Policeman
Arthur Hughes (English, 1832–1915)
Medium/Technique
Pen and black ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.4 x 5.9 cm (3 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 8.7 x 6.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 8.7 x 6.2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number58.751
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionOne of five illustrations for Tom Brown's School Days or At the back of the North Wind p 203 "The lost policemen he questioned looked down upon him from the summit of six feet two inches, and replied with another question, but kindly."
InscriptionsLL in ink monogram: AH
ProvenanceColl.:Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950, London, Lugt suppl. 2274a); P & D Colnaghi, London; from whom acquired September 18, 1958 with Helen and Alice Colburn Fund