The Fish King and the Dog Fish: Its Head Was Patted Graciously
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)
Price
SOLD
Signed
Signed and dated 04
Medium
Pen ink and watercolour with bodycolour
Dimensions
10 ¾ x 9
inches
Provenance
Alexander Mann, and by descent to Lady Pickthorne
Illustrated
Little Folks, February 1905, Page 109, 'Adventures In Wizard-Land' by Mrs M H Spielmann (In Black & White); Mrs M H Spielmann (ed), The Rainbow Book. Tales Of Fun & Fancy, London: Chatto & Windus, 1909, Frontispiece (in colour) and Page 53 (in black & white) After publication this illustration was reworked by the artist
Exhibited
'The Long Nineteenth Century: Treasures and Pleasures', Chris Beetles Gallery, March-April 2014, No 164; 'The Illustrators. the British Art of Illustration 1900-2018', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2018-January 2019, No 1