Lot 115
Charles Robinson (1870-1937), Michael Foreman (1938-), and others §
Original illustrations, a group
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
All with mounts, framed and glazed. Dimensions are for mount apertures:
Charles Robinson (1870-1937). 'Little Hans and the Star of Bethlehem'. Pen and ink and monochrome watercolour, shaped mount, approx. max. dimensions 25 x 25cm, inscribed with title below mount. Illustrated: J. M. Gibbon (editor), The True Annals of Fairyland: The Reign of Old King Cole (London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1900), p.102. Provenance: Chris Beetles, London;
Michael Foreman (1938-). Watercolours:
1) [She Noticed that one of the Trees Had a Door], signed below mount, 24 x 23.5cm. Illustrated: Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Chrysalis Children's Books, 2004.
2) [The Green Knight Decapitated], signed and inscribed ‘The Green Knight’, 16.5 x 21.2cm. Illustrated: Gawain and the Greek Knight, London: Walker Books, 2004;
3) [And the Genie Exploded from the Lamp - Three Times as Large as Before], signed below mount, 12 x 12.8cm. Illustrated: Brian Alderson, The Arabian Nights (Le Mille e Una Notte), Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1993, p.153 (label on reverse states ‘preliminary drawing’). Exhibited: Chris Beetles: 'The Illustrators: the British Art of Illustration 1800-2008, January 2009, no. 501;
George Cruikshank, Junior (1842-1909). [Victorian Actors on Stage], watercolour, signed on mount, 13.4 x 12cm, fragment of manuscript note c.1914 pasted to reverse. Provenance: Bonhams Oxford, 24th February 2009, lot 204;
Chris Riddell (1962-). [The Camel Train], pen and ink, signed and with pencilled page reference lower left, depicting a trio of Europeans followed by a train of camels, 17.5 x 20cm;
[W. H. Auden interest]. Musée des Beaux Arts, illustrated calligraphic manuscript of Auden's poem by an unknown artist, watercolour and gouache on green paper, 50.5 x 37cm, transverse crease, small water-stain (7)