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Arthur Rackham, illustrator. Original drawing for the story "Doctor Know-all," first published in The Fairy Tales of the B...
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Remarkable figures of children's literature - Arthur Rackham illustrates The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Arthur Rackham, illustrator. Original drawing for the story
"Doctor Know-all," first published in The Fairy Tales of the
Brothers Grimm (London: Constable & Company LTD., 1909). [c.
1909].Original ink and watercolor drawing on board. Measures approximately 10 x 7.5 inches, matted and framed to an overall size of 15 5/8 x 12 ¾ inches. Signed at lower left "A Rackham." Captioned in pencil in an unknown hand in the lower margin: "Doctor Know-all - A poor peasant was taking a load of wood to the town." Printer's notes on verso in pencil and blue crayon.
The present drawing illustrates the first line of the story "Doctor Know-all," which begins, "Once upon a time a poor Peasant, named Crabb, was taking a load of wood drawn by two oxen to the town for sale..."
Condition: Some light toning to image. Tape reinforcement along verso edges.
References: See Latimore & Haskell, p. 34. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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