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SIGNED WITH INITIALS AND INSCRIBED 'FOR LADYBIRD TREES'
INSCRIBED 'BLACKTHORN SALLOW' BELOW MOUNT
WATERCOLOUR WITH PEN INK AND PENCIL
8 1/2 X 5 1/2 INCHES
EXHIBITED: 'S R BADMIN RWS, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & PRINTS',
10 MARCH - 4 APRIL 2015, NO 151
PRELIMINARY DRAWING FOR BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD, THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF TREES, LOUGHBOROUGH: WILLS & HEPWORTH, 1963, PAGE 19