Lot 204
Arthur Rackham
(British, 1867–1939)
Hey! Up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!, 1907
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Lot Description
Arthur Rackham
(British, 1867–1939)
Hey! Up the chimney, lass! Hey after you!, 1907
watercolor
signed Arthur Rackham '07 (lower left)
13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.9cm)
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, December 11 2003, lot 258
Sotheby's London, December 10 2018, lot 248
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
Exhibited
Chris Beetles Limited, London, "The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1800-2004", number 54
Literature
Richard Harris Barham, The Ingoldsby Legends, J.M. Dent & Co., London, 1907. Frontispiece
Note
The original art for the frontispiece to R.H. Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends, published by J.M. Dent in 1907. This fine watercolor depicts Rob Gilpin and the three witches, Old Goody Price, Old Goody Jones and the young Madge Gray, taking to the air on broomsticks with three black cats.
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