I Found the Prisoners Very Merry, Expecting My Arrival: Original illustration for "The Vicar of Wakefield
by RACKHAM, Arthur
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- Signed
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About This Item
London: George C. Harrap & Company, 1929. RACKHAM, Arthur. . "I Found the Prisoners Very Merry, Expecting My Arrival". Original illustration for "The Vicar of Wakefield" [London: George C. Harrap & Company, 1929].
Original fine pen and ink and watercolor from "The Vicar of Wakefield." Matted, framed and glazed. Watercolor measures (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm), but probably larger under the mat. Frame measures (15 x 12 1/2 inches; 385 x 320 mm). Signed 'Arthur Rackham' on lower right corner. In a gilt frame.
Image is of prisoners and the Vicar in the jail. Image is mostly in grey and brown, but a few prisoners have red kerchiefs. A contemporary sticker for art dealer "Arthur Ackermann & Son inc" on the back of the frame. Also a sticker from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on the back. Overall a very beautiful original painting.
Latimore and Haskell,. Riall,.
HBS 69016.
$7,500.
Original fine pen and ink and watercolor from "The Vicar of Wakefield." Matted, framed and glazed. Watercolor measures (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm), but probably larger under the mat. Frame measures (15 x 12 1/2 inches; 385 x 320 mm). Signed 'Arthur Rackham' on lower right corner. In a gilt frame.
Image is of prisoners and the Vicar in the jail. Image is mostly in grey and brown, but a few prisoners have red kerchiefs. A contemporary sticker for art dealer "Arthur Ackermann & Son inc" on the back of the frame. Also a sticker from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on the back. Overall a very beautiful original painting.
Latimore and Haskell,. Riall,.
HBS 69016.
$7,500.
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- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69016
- Title
- I Found the Prisoners Very Merry, Expecting My Arrival
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur
- Illustrator
- RACKHAM, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George C. Harrap & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Children|Original Artwork|Signed Drawing|Signed
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