Chris Beetles Gallery

The Queen Bee

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)

Price

£4,750

Medium

Watercolour and ink

Dimensions

9 ¾ x 8 inches

Illustrated

Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1946, page 52;
G Peter Winnington (ed), Sebastian Peake and Alison Eldred (compilers), Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art, London: Peter Owen, 2006, page 126

Literature

G Peter Winnington (editor), Sebastian Peake and Alison Eldred (Compilers), Mervyn Peake, the Man and His Art, London: Peter Owen, 2006, page 126

Exhibited

Fine Art Society, London, February 1968;
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 151

In January and February 1968, an exhibition of Mervyn Peake's work was held at Buckingham Palace Road Library. The aim of the show was 'to give the first comprehensive view of Peake's work as a novelist, poet, playwright and illustrator' and included copies of all books written and illustrated by Peake (Chelsea News, January 1968). Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1946) would have been exhibited, and the original illustrations may have been on display at the Fine Art Society in conjunction with the show. Already hospitalised, Mervyn Peake would die later that year in November 1968.

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