ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS DONE FOR HIS CHILDREN
'PHIZ'
(Hablot Knight Browne, 1815-1882, Artist & Illustrator of Dickens's Novels)
Delightful Set of 12 Watercolours on the finest cotton Gauze, Unsigned, made for his Children,
to illustrate 'A Frog he would a-wooing go', his meeting a Rat on the way and their welcome by Mrs Mouse at Mousey Hall, who offers to sing, the dispersal of the party by a Cat and two Kittens, and Mr Frog's sad end on the way home, each approximately 3¼" x 4½" with a line of verse above and below, in margins 5¾" x 5¾" plus a fringe of ¾ of an inch all round, loose between early numbered sheets of paper with a modern card noting that they are from among his family items, no place, no date, circa
a few occasional brown spots nearly all in blank margin, two touching a line of verse which is still perfectly legible, the third drawing is very slightly smudged
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
56421
£5750
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PICKERSGILL
(Henry William, 1782-1875, R.A., Portrait Painter)
Autograph letter signed to Miss Loaden,
saying he has "no learning of my own to enlighten the World with, so please to accept a few sentences from one of the most learned Writers on our divine Art", quoting from H. Fuseli "Love for what is called deception ... marks either the infamy or decrepitude of a Nation's taste ... Tone is the moral part of Color. Harmony of Color" is "the due balance of all, equally remote from Monotony and spots", 1 side 7" x 4½", 14 Stratford Place, London, 16th October
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
53522
£145
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PICKERSGILL
(Henry William, 1782-1875, R.A., Portrait Painter)
Signature and subscription from an Autograph Letter
3" x 1", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
38793
£20
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PIPER
(John, 1903-1992, Painter & Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Carter
saying he is “pleased to say ‘yes’ to your proposal to reproduce a JOB design in the Jean’s Work in the theatre. I hope I am not too late in saying so. The Arts Council does own the original drawing and Mrs Rodgers there would know their whereabouts. If there is trouble in borrowing them I have some sketches and alternative designs here which might help...”, on a correspondence card, 5” x 4”, Fawley Bottom Farmhouse, Oxon, 7th June
Item Date:
1949
Stock No:
43298
£175
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PIPER
(John, 1903-1992, Painter & Writer)
Autograph Note Signed to Mr Evans
saing that he had forgotten "to acknowledge your cheque for the Romney Marsh C.P.T., which I have sent on to the Treasurer. Thank you so much! ...", on a coloured postcard of the Benjamin Britten Memorial Window in Aldeburgh, 6" x 4", no place, 10th May
Item Date:
1985
Stock No:
41490
£175
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