Chris Beetles Gallery

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H G Wells

David Low (1891-1963)

Price

£275

Signed

Drawn on headed letter paper: Easton Glebe, Dunmow

Medium

Pencil

Dimensions

8 x 6 inches

Illustrated

Preliminary drawing for The New Statesman

Exhibited

'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1871-2022', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2022, no 124

H G Wells, rented Easton Glebe in Dunmow from 1910-1928 and it was during this time that Wells had a 10 year affair with Rebecca West. Easton Glebe was on the Easton Lodge estate which belonged to his friend and fellow socialist the Countess of Wessex.

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