Lot 474
Austen (John) Six original illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, scraper board drawings, 1928; and two others by Austen (8)
Hammer Price: £420
Description
Austen (John) Six original illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, scraper board drawings, each approx. 265 x 170 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in), occasional minor surface dirt, unframed, 1928; together with another two scraper board drawings by Austen, including Poor Augustus Fitzplantagenet, an illustration for Lord Byron's Don Juan published by The Bodley Head, signed and dated '26', and another unidentified, both unframed, [circa 1926-1930] (8)
Description
Austen (John) Six original illustrations to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, scraper board drawings, each approx. 265 x 170 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in), occasional minor surface dirt, unframed, 1928; together with another two scraper board drawings by Austen, including Poor Augustus Fitzplantagenet, an illustration for Lord Byron's Don Juan published by The Bodley Head, signed and dated '26', and another unidentified, both unframed, [circa 1926-1930] (8)