Richard Corney Grain,1844-1895,entertainer/songwriter

Richard Corney Grain,1844-1895,entertainer/songwriter Review

8x12in Print from a high-quality scan of the original.

Title: Mr. Corney Grain / Spy.
Creator(s): Ward, Leslie, Sir, 1851-1922, artist
Date Created/Published: 1885 August 22.
Medium: 1 drawing on blue paper : watercolor over graphite underdrawing ; 30.6 x 18.8 cm (image)
Summary: Drawing shows a heavyset man in evening attire playing the piano. Corney Grain was a British barrister turned actor, entertainer, and musical sketch writer. The artist, Sir Leslie Ward, contributed caricatures under the name 'Spy' to the magazine Vanity Fair for more than 40 years.
Subjects:
Grain, Corney,--1844-1895--Performances.
Entertainers--Great Britain--1880-1890.
Format:
Caricatures--British--1880-1890.
Drawings--Color--British--1880-1890.
Watercolors--Color--British--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2004679182/

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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.