Chris Beetles

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Prelude to Fame 'Guido Ferugia' – Jeremy Spenser

Robert Stewart Sherriffs (1906-1960)

SIGNED
INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND REVIEW TITLE BELOW MOUNT
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR
6 1/2 X 10 INCHES
ILLUSTRATED: PUNCH, 17 MAY 1950, PAGE 540, 'MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!'
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2013'
NOVEMBER 2013 - JANUARY 2014, NO 311

Prelude to Fame (Fegus McDonell, UK, 1950) is based on Aldous Huxley's story, 'Young Archimedes', and concerns Guido Feraria (Jeremy Spenser), the son of an Italian farmer who turns out to be a musical prodigy.

Price

£550

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