At this hour there is still nobody about. Only on the quai beside the Rhône is there a bustling of activity. The steamer that makes the trip to the Camargue is getting up steam ready for its departure.

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At this hour there is still nobody about. Only on the quai beside the Rhône is there a bustling of activity. The steamer that makes the trip to the Camargue is getting up steam ready for its departure.

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price

£1,450

Signed

Signed with initials
Inscribed 'The Goat for the Carmargue' and 'with best wishes for Christmas & the New Year Catherine and Edward Ardizzone' below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

4 x 6 ½ inches

Illustrated

Alphonse Daudet, Letters from my Windmill, London: Penguin Books, 1978, page 207, 'In the Camargue'

Exhibited

'The Human Touch: The Art of Edward Ardizzone', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April-May 2025

'Farmers in short jackets of russet woollen twill, girls from La Roquette wanting to hire themselves out for farm work, go aboard with us, laughing and talking among themselves.', page 207

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