Puzzles.- Original artworks.- English School (19th century) Chinese ring puzzle illustration and manuscript notes [recto]; Rope knots [verso], pen and brown ink, wash, the knot diagrams printed and pasted on, on laid paper with watermark 'Waterloo & Sons/ London', sheet 280 x 220 mm (11 x 8 3/4 in), some rough edges with nicks and losses, toning and surface dirt, [probably mid- to late-19th century]; together with three other original drawings by various hands, including an [?] unused original ink and watercolour book cover design for 'The Unique Circus Story, The Zemganno Brothers', a pen and ink study of two men fencing with oversized quills for an article on book illustration for the 'The Magazine of Art', and another watercolour of a young boy smoking a gentleman's cigar without him realising, various sizes between 125 x 195 mm (4 7/8 x 7 5/8 in), all unframed, 19th century (4)
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