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Old Benjy Told Tales to Which Tom Listened with All His Ears and Eyes

Salomon Van Abbé (1883-1955)

SIGNED
INSCRIBED 'TOLD TALES OF THE GALLANT BOUTS OF FORTY YEARS BACK, TO WHICH TOM LISTENED WITH ALL HIS EARS AND EYES. MINE HOST ANOTHER OLD SERVANT OF THE BROWNS' AND 'CH 2 "THE VEAST"' BELOW MOUNT
WATERCOLOUR AND BODYCOLOUR WITH PEN AND INK
12 X 8 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: THOMAS HUGHES, TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS,
LONDON: J M DENT & SONS [THE CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
CLASSICS], 1949, PART I, CHAPTER II, FACING PAGE 21
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2014',
NOVEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015, NO 217


Price
£850

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