Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
The Tragical Death of Mr Will. Huskisson Sept. MDCCCXXX, 1924
£2,142
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
print after Waugh's drawing (published in The Golden Hind, Vol. 2 No. 8, July 1924), on wove paper with Joynson's Parchment watermark, inscribed by Waugh 'Joyce from Evelyn' lower right in brown ink, spotting and repairs, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 25 x 33cm
Footnote
Note:
Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh for Joyce Gill (née Fagan), a long-standing friend with whom he had a passionate affair during the unhappy period of the drawn-out annulment of his first marriage to Evelyn Gardner. (See lot 284.)
Provenance:
By direct descent from Joyce Gill.