Randolph Caldecott | "Alone at the club towards the end of August...", 1888

Randolph Caldecott

"Alone at the club towards the end of August young T.S. reads beautiful description of "gentleman's small bijou country residence" to let &c. Idea! Nothing to do, don't want a house; but go down to see it." [1888]

pen, ink and watercolour (88 x 73mm.) on off-white card, mounted, framed and glazed, some marking to glass, frame chipped at edges

LITERATURE:

Reproduced with the title "How Tankerville Smith took a Country Cottage", The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to The Graphic (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1888), p.197

PROVENANCE:

Exhibited at the "The Illustrators: British Art of Illustration 1800-1991", No. 80 at Chris Beetles Gallery