And the turkey-cock, who had come into the world with spurs on, and therefore fancied he was an Emperor, puffed himself up like a ship in full sail, and marched up to the duckling quite red with passion
Charles Robinson (1870-1937)
Price
£650
Signed
Inscribed with 'The turkey cock puffed himself up like a ship in full sail & marched up to the duckling quite red with passion' and story title below mount
Medium
Ink with coloured crayon
Dimensions
9 ½ x 5 ½
inches
Illustrated
Walter Jerrold [editor], The Big Book of Fairy Tales, London: Blackie and Son, 1911, page 42, 'The Ugly Duckling' [published in black and white]