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Drawings: G0960
Title
George Grossmith and Corney Grain
Technique
Caricature
Subject
Artist
Date
1888
Dimensions
Height: 36.8cm
Width: 25.4cm
height (frame): 59cm
width (frame): 47.5cm
Width: 25.4cm
height (frame): 59cm
width (frame): 47.5cm
Other materials
Pencil and black ink on paper
Inscription/signature
"A Study from Memory" (bottom c.); "Leslie Ward / November 1888" (bottom r.)
Exhibition history
Garrick Club Exhibition 'Laughter Lines - Actor Members of the Club in 'Garrickature'' (August - December 2019), Curated by Dr Mark Bryant
Two figures: a large portly man on right (Corney Grain) in evening dress, with his left hand in his trouser pocket, holds his right hand over the head of a little thin man (George Grossmith), who is also in evening dress.
[The identification of the figures was made after the publication of Ashton 1997. That of George Grossmith was made from a photograph, and that of Corney Grain from a "Vanity Fair" caricature.]
Both were piano players. Grain was a regular at German Reed's Gallery of Entertainment, while Grossmith became a major Savoyard with Gilbert and Sullivan.
[The identification of the figures was made after the publication of Ashton 1997. That of George Grossmith was made from a photograph, and that of Corney Grain from a "Vanity Fair" caricature.]
Both were piano players. Grain was a regular at German Reed's Gallery of Entertainment, while Grossmith became a major Savoyard with Gilbert and Sullivan.
