The Fantasy World of Arthur Rackham: Rare Original Illustrations from the Collection of Shirley Carter Burden

The Fantasy World of Arthur Rackham: Rare Original Illustrations from the Collection of Shirley Carter Burden

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 32. Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (I found the prisoners very merry).

Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Vicar of Wakefield (I found the prisoners very merry)

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December 1, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Arthur Rackham

“I found the prisoners very merry, expecting my arrival”


209 x 149mm. (8¼ x 5⅞ inches), ink and watercolour drawing on paper, signed lower right


Reproduced as a colour plate in The Vicar of Wakefield, 1929, plate 11


PROVENANCE:

Exhibited Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1974