Description
Darley, a noted American illustrator, shows a stagecoach driver relaxing and enjoying his pipe. Toby Weller was a character in Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers," first published in 1836/1837.
Provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower left: F.O.C. Darley 1888; [Inscription] Verso: The property of Mr. F.O.C. Darley; [Label] The Pickwick Papers, Hurd and Houghton Edition, 1866, Ch. XX, Scene in the Inn, Magpie and Stump. Toby Weller, stage driver in one of the boxes.
Credit
Acquired by William T. Walters