'Twas long before the customers
Charles Edmund Brock
1898
Photomechanical reproduction of pen and ink drawing
4½ x 3 inches
Illustration in The Diverting History of John Gilpin, facing 22.
A fine example of Brock’s draughtsmanship in which he combines highly nuanced drawing of facial expressions with a brilliant realization of textures and patterns.
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke. [Click on image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]