Romans Always Make Their Own Road

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Romans Always Make Their Own Road

Byam Shaw (1872-1919)

SIGNED AND DATED 1902
INSCRIBED 'ALWAYS MAKE THEIR OWN ROAD, THEY ... NEED A JEW TO GUIDE THEM' ON REVERSE
INSCRIBED 'PEARL MAIDEN' AND '2229', AND DATED 'JULY 26/02' ON REVERSE IN ANOTHER HAND
PEN AND INK
10 1/4 X 11 1/4 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, 26 JULY 1902, PAGE 109, 'PEARL MAIDEN' BY
H RIDER HAGGARD; H RIDER HAGGARD, PEARL-MAIDEN. A TALE
OF JERUSALEM, NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO, 1903,
FACING PAGE 91
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2014',
NOVEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015, NO 141

Price

£1,750

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