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(Robert Browning) 2 original ink sketches (unsigned) by his father, approximately 7"X9" each. The...

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(Robert Browning) 2 original ink sketches (unsigned) by his father, approximately 7 X9  each. The...
(Robert Browning) 2 original ink sketches (unsigned) by his father, approximately 7"X9" each. The first shows a man holding a child, entitled "A Holder of Ommium." The second a a series of stern portraits, entitled "Holders of Dividends under 5 percent pr annum. laid on the table of the H[ouse] of Commons 25 May 1833." Comes with an original autograph manuscript (unsigned), from an unknown author, which reads in small part "The two sketches enclosed are taken from a colection...by Robert Browning the elder, father of the poet. He was a clerk in the Bank of England & posessed ability as a clever caricaturist. In odd moments on slips of official paper he would dash off the outlines of interesting faces..." Continues with a biographical sketch. The sketches have some light toning. Overall VG. $200-300