Chris Beetles Gallery

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Jolly

Charles Doyle (1832-1893)

Price

£3,250

Signed

Inscribed with title

Medium

Ink and watercolour

Dimensions

6 x 6 ¾ inches

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1870-2010', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, 2010, no 9;
'Fairies in Illustration', Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner, 30 November 2019-23 February 2020;
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1831-2023', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November-December 2023, no 14

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 second youngest daughter, Jane Adelaide Rose.

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