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London, , c.1898. A collection of witches, ghouls, a cat, and other characters with a mountain view in the background. This is a preliminary sketch for the published drawing that accompanied "The Lay of St Aloys. A Legend of Blois" that appeared on page 465 of "Ingoldsby Legends". Rackham had recently "developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization, sometimes with an unsettling frisson of horror" clearly visible in this sketch (ODNB). Ink and pencil on wove paper. Sheet size: 25 x 19.4 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a black wooden frame with UV protective glass.