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RONALD SEARLE
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
LONDON: PERPETUA
1955
FIRST EDITION
PROVENANCE: SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER FITZWILLIAM BARRINGTON
ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 9:
SELF-PORTRAIT
SIGNED, INSCRIBED 'FOR FITZ, SOME AWFUL WARNINGS ... AS ALWAYS' AND DATED 'CHRISTMAS 1955'
PEN AND INK
4 1/4 X 5 1/2 INCHES
EXHIBITED: 'THE ILLUSTRATORS. THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2014',
NOVEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015, NO 252