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He saw beneath him his own form, no longer that of a plump, ugly, grey bird – it was that of a swan!

Charles Robinson (1870-1937)


Price
£850

Signed
Inscribed 'Beautiful white swan' below mount

Medium
Ink

Dimensions
8 ¾ x 9 inches

Illustrated
Walter Jerrold [editor], The Big Book of Fairy Tales, London: Blackie and Son, 1911, page 49, 'The Ugly Duckling' [published in black and white]

Exhibited
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1806-2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2025-January 2026, no 23

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