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INSCRIBED WITH TITLE
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR
4 1/4 X 2 1/2 INCHES
TAKEN FROM A SKETCH BOOK OF THE 1880S, WHICH IS INSCRIBED 'IDA WITH MAMA'S LOVE' AND DATED '11TH APRIL 1899' ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER. IDA WAS THE NICKNAME OF DOYLE'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, JANE ADELAIDE ROSE.
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1837-2011',
NOVEMBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012, NO 7;
'THE SPRING SHOW', FEBRUARY - APRIL 2012, NO 152