Arthur Rackham | Original illustration for The Tempest (For every trifle are they set upon me)

Arthur Rackham

“For every trifle are they set upon me”

270 x 222mm. (10⅝ x 8¾ inches), ink and watercolour drawing on paper, signed lower right

Reproduced as a colour plate in The Tempest, 1926, plate 8. 

"Rackham brought a renewed sense of excitement to book illustration that coincided with the rapid developments in printing technology in the early twentieth century. Working with subtle colour and wiry line, he exploited the growing strengths of commercial printing to create imagery and characterizations that reinvigorated children's literature, electrified young readers, and dominated the art of book illustration at the start of a new century." (ODNB)

LITERATURE

Exhibited Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1974