Lot 128
Greenaway (Kate) Seven original illustrations for Fanny Lablanche's "Starlight Stories Told to Bright Eyes and Listening Ears", [c. 1877] (7)
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Greenaway (Kate) Seven original illustrations for Fanny Lablanche's "Starlight Stories Told to Bright Eyes and Listening Ears", pencil on wove paper, each with pencil captions and three with blue pencil printer’s marks, various sizes between 138 x 94 mm (5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in) and 190 x 138 mm (7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in), pinholes to corners, otherwise some minor surface dirt, all unframed, [circa 1877]
*** Three of the sketches, all with printer’s pencil marks or annotations, were used in the 1877 first edition published by Griffith and Farran with the illustrations engraved by her father John. One (number 6) is an unused but very similar sketch to the published illustration (number 5); numbers 2, 4 and 7 are original designs not used in the final publication.
Description
Greenaway (Kate) Seven original illustrations for Fanny Lablanche's "Starlight Stories Told to Bright Eyes and Listening Ears", pencil on wove paper, each with pencil captions and three with blue pencil printer’s marks, various sizes between 138 x 94 mm (5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in) and 190 x 138 mm (7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in), pinholes to corners, otherwise some minor surface dirt, all unframed, [circa 1877]
*** Three of the sketches, all with printer’s pencil marks or annotations, were used in the 1877 first edition published by Griffith and Farran with the illustrations engraved by her father John. One (number 6) is an unused but very similar sketch to the published illustration (number 5); numbers 2, 4 and 7 are original designs not used in the final publication.
