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Rackham, Arthur
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Rackham, Arthur
- "Certain biscuit-bakers have gone so far as to imprint his likeness on their New-Year Cakes"
- watercolour drawing
258 by 176mm., fine ink and watercolour drawing, signed and dated "Arthur Rackham 04" lower left, mounted, framed and glazed, some spotting
Catalogue Note
Reproduced as one of fifty-one colour plates to Rackham's edition of Rip van Winkle (Heinemann, 1905).
"...the first work that greatly advanced [Rackham's] fame in the years immediately following his marriage was his edition of Rip Van Winkle… This lovely book decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period..." (Hu🧜dson)