Rackham, Arthur

i) "The South Downs above Angmering", 170 by 290mm., watercolour drawing, signed lower left "ARackham", laid-down to card, some light spotting; ii) "The River Arun, near Amberley", 196 by 340mm., watercolour drawing, signed lower right "Arthur Rackham"; iii) "Thatched Cottage", 235 by 340mm., watercolour drawing, signed lower left "Arthur Rackham"; iv) [Cows and Trees], 254 by 355mm., pencil and watercolour drawing, unsigned

Exhibited: "Arthur Rackham - Illustrations Drawings and Watercolours" (Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Bristol City Art Gallery and Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum), December 1979 - April 1980, item 45 (first piece only)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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James Hamilton, writing in the Sheffield, Bristol and V&A Museum Exhibition catalogue, noted "...another side of [Rackham's] work is seen in his bucolic landscape watercolours, painted around his home in Sussex and father afield..."