Suddenly He Plunged Headlong Into the Flames

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Suddenly He Plunged Headlong Into the Flames

Byam Shaw (1872-1919)

SIGNED AND DATED 1902
INSCRIBED 'HIS HANDS AS THOUGH IN INVOCATION .. PLUNGED HEAD LONG INTO THE FLAMES' ON REVERSE
INSCRIBED 'PEARL MAIDEN' AND 'GRAPHIC' AND WITH PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS, AND DATED 'OCT 11/02' ON REVERSE IN ANOTHER HAND
PEN AND INK
10 1/4 X 11 INCHES
PROVENANCE: SIR HUGH WALPOLE;
'FIFTH PORTION OF THE FAMOUS LIBRARY OF THE LATE SIR
HUGH WALPOLE, CBE', CHRISTIE'S, 7 MAY 1946, LOT 297
ILLUSTRATED: THE GRAPHIC, 11 OCTOBER 1902, PAGE 481, 'PEARL MAIDEN' BY
H RIDER HAGGARD; H RIDER HAGGARD, PEARL-MAIDEN. A TALE
OF JERUSALEM, NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO, 1903,
FACING PAGE 276
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION
1800-2014', NOVEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015, NO 152

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£950

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