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Little Red Riding Hood. Published c. 1940’s
7 separate images in gouache. Approx. 10 1/2 x 5 inches (26.5 x 12.75 cm). Story board for an original publication of Little Red Riding Hood. Mounted in sequence.
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Child Taken Hostage. Published 1964
Original Lucie Attwell Limited label pasted to reverse of frame stating. Rights: Lucie Attwell 2/6 Picture story Book. Purchased by: Messrs. Dean & Son Ltd. Date: November 1965.
Original artwork in ink and watercolour. Approx. 8 ¾ × 12 inches. A fine drawing of a child being carried away in a wicker basket aided by leprechauns, pixies and fairies. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and ...
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King Pixie on a Mushroom. Published 1965
Original Lucie Attwell Limited label pasted to reverse of frame stating. Rights: Lucie Attwell 2/6 Picture story Book. Purchased by: Messrs. Dean & Son Ltd. Date: November 1965
Original artwork in ink and watercolour. Approx. 8 3/4 X 6 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of a king pixie standing on a mushroom reading a document to the town pixies. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. ...
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Slapstick Pixie. Published 1965
Original Lucie Attwell Limited label pasted to reverse of frame stating. Rights: Lucie Attwell 2/6 Picture story Book. Purchased by: Messrs. Dean & Son Ltd. Date: November 1965.
Original artwork in ink and watercolour. Approx. 8 3/4 X 7 inches. A fine drawing of a pixie with one foot in a tin of paint, causing much hilarity amongst the other towns people. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine ...
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Rupert, Rosalie and Podgy from Rupert’s Odd Party.
Rupert was originally created by Mary Tortell, who wrote and illustrated the stories. Alfred Bestall wrote and illustrated Rupert from 1935 onwards.
Original artwork printed on acetate drawn by Alfred Bestell, with colouring by Doris Campbell on board. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
£350.00
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H. G. Wells. Published n.d.
This image of H. G. Wells was drawn from life by Caffyn for the publishers J. M. Dent.
Original drawing in black and blue pencil on white board. Approx 8 3/4 x 10 inches. A head and shoulders side profile of H.G. Wells. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of ...
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The Wicked Queen Levering a Boulder. Published c. late1930s
Arnold Wasp was employed by the Disney Studios. Storyboard design taken from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs originally released as the first full-length animated motion picture 1937. Which Snow White book or other merchandise this image was drawn for is unknown.
Approx. 11 x 14 inches. Original artwork in black ink and black and grey wash with whitening. A fine drawing of the wicked queen disguised as an old woman levering a boulder from the edge of a precipice. Mounted, glazed and framed.
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The Wicked Queen Runnining Through a Rain Swept Forest. Published c. late1930s
Arnold Wasp was employed by the Disney Studios. Storyboard design taken from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs originally released as the first full-length animated motion picture 1937. Which Snow White book or other merchandise this image was drawn for is unknown.
Approx. 8 x 12 inches. Original artwork in black ink and black and grey wash with whitening. A fine drawing of the wicked queen disguised as an old woman running through the forest. Mounted, glazed and framed.
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The Wicked Queen Holding the Poisoned Apple Published c. late1930s
Arnold Wasp was employed by the Disney Studios. Storyboard design taken from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs originally released as the first full-length animated motion picture 1937. Which Snow White book or other merchandise this image was drawn for is unknown.
Approx. 8 x 12 inches. Original artwork in black ink and black and grey wash with whitening. A fine drawing of the wicked queen disguised as an old woman sitting on a low chair and holding the poisoned apple, with a basket of apples beside her. Mounted, glazed and framed.
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The Wicked Queen Looking Through Her Potion Book and Mixing a Potion. Published late 1930s
Arnold Wasp was employed by the Disney Studios. Storyboard design taken from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs originally released as the first full-length animated motion picture 1937. Which Snow White book or other merchandise this image was drawn for is unknown.
2 images approx. 7 x 9 inches and 8 x 10 inches. Original artwork in black ink and black and grey wash with whitening. A fine drawing of the wicked queen looking through her book of potions and another of the wicked queen mixing her potion in a cauldron . Mounted, glazed and framed.
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Pew’s Death. Published ca.1927
Original artwork in pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 4¾ × 6 inches. A fine drawing of three men on horseback running over Pew. Signed by Edmund Dulac to the lower right. Originally used to illustrate Treasure Island page 52. Mounted, glazed and framed.
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Little Red Riding Hood. Published n.d.
A well executed painting of a favourite fairy story.
Original water-colour and pencil. Approx. 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches. Little Red Riding Hood holding a bunch of daffodils and bluebells and two red squirrels playing on a log in the foreground, with a path leading to grandma’s cottage in the background. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork ...
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Cinderella. Published n.d.
A well executed painting of a favourite fairy story.
Original water-colour and pencil. Approx. 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches. Cinderella sitting by the burning hearth with her fairy godmother standing afore. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a ...
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Vastolla and Peruonto approaching the Ship. Published c. 1911
An original drawing used to illustrate Stories from the Pentamerone facing page 28. This collection of folk-tales was collected chiefly in Crete and Venice.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing. Signed and dated lower right. Approx. image size: 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; (34 x 24cm). Scattered foxing otherwise a bright image.
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Golf - Some Impressions. Published c.1890s
Kemble was a magazine and book illustrator, he illustrated the first edition of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and is associated with pen drawings of the Deep South.
Approx. paper size (43 x 35 cm.) Pen and ink on Strathmore drawing board. Twelve separate images of golfers in humorous positions. Framed. Some light water staining mainly to the right hand side, a small splash mark lower left.
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Thomas the Tank Engine with the Fat Controller and Flowers. Published 1996
Front cover design originally used for the magazine Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.
Approx. 300 × 240 mm. Original artwork in black ink. A fine drawing of Thomas the Tank Engine. Signed Timothy Marwood ‘94 lower right. Framed.
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Thomas the Tank Engine with the Fat Controller and Stables. Published 1996
A design originally used for the magazine Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.
Approx. 350 × 270 mm. Original artwork in black ink. A fine drawing of Thomas the Tank Engine passing the Fat Controller outside the stables. Signed Timothy Marwood ‘95 lower right. Framed.
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Preliminary drawing for “Grimms’ Fairy Tales”. Published [1900]
Taken from the story of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” the drawing shows the boats containing the twelve princesses and their princes rowing across the lake to the castle where they will dance their shoes to pieces. Signed and dated in the bottom right hand corner.
Matted and framed. Picture size 166mm x 235mm, framed size 390mm x 480mm.
£8,500.00
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The Dog it Was that Died [from The Vicar of Wakefield]. Published [ca. 1929]
Original artwork in ink, pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of an Islington gentlemen looking down on a dead dog. Signed by Arthur Rackham to the lower right. Originally used as a line drawing to illustrate The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith page ...
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“The Paradise of Children.” Published 1922
Long, long ago, when this old world was in its tender infancy, there was a child, who never had either a father or a mother; and, that he might not be lonely, another child, fatherless and motherless like himself, was sent from a far country, to live with him, and be his playfellow and helpmate. ...
Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating Pandora’s Box in Arthur Rackham’s “A Wonder Book,” 1922. Signed and dated at lower right. Image size: 11 x 15 inches; (280 x 381mm). Matted, framed and glazed.
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Goblins. Published 1913
This superb original drawing is used in “Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures”, and titled “Wee Folk”, first published in 1913 and subsequent editions. With the original Leicester Galleries exhibition label on the back panel, signed and titled “54 Goblin” by Arthur Rackham, together with the original ...
Original artwork in pen, ink and watercolour on paper of a goblin riding a mouse watched by another goblin and a mouse sitting on a branch. Signed “Arthur Rackham” lower left. Approx. image size 24.5 x 14 cm.
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How Galahad Drew Out the Sword from the Floating Stone at Camelot. Published 1905
Superb original drawing as used in Arthur Rackham’s first and subsequent editions of Malory’s Morte d’Arthur, “The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table.” Illustration appears opposite page 316.
Original artwork in pen and ink and watercolour on board, signed lower right in pen by Arthur Rackham. Approx. image size 28 x 20 inches. Framed.
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Original Watercolour. Published 1936
Illustration for an article by Charles Robinson entitled “In Search of Eldorado.” Published in Holly Leaves The Christmas Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1936. Together with the Magazine in which the illustration appears.
Watercolour of a Spanish galleon with many flags and billowing sails, the silhouette of another galleon is in the background. “As the captains of the slavers and French Slavers sailed over the blue, tropical waters … they would sometimes see the great Spanish galleons, their masts crammed with ...
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Tightening Up the Green Belt. Published c. 1930’s
Original artwork in pen and ink. Approx. size 27.5 x 38 cm. Signed Rough Sketch Heath Robinson to the lower right. Mounted, glazed and framed.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Published n.d.
230 × 190mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Published n.d.
205 mm x 135mm, Original watercolour mounted framed and glazed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
£500.00
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"Someone's been eating my porridge," said Mama bear. Published n.d.
15 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
£375.00
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Goldilocks tells Teddy “We are Going to the Wood, Where it is Cool.” Published n.d.
22 cm x 18cm. Original watercolour of Mama bear with a bowl of porridge and Baby bear, mounted framed and glazed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
£3,000.00
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Yertle the Turtle. Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 19 x 13 cm. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle standing on two other turtles on a mound. Inscribed “Best Wishes! Dr. Seuss” and additionaly signed “Dr. Seuss”. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books ...
£3,750.00
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Two Life Size Green Eggs. Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black and green felt tip. Approx. 21 x 27 cm. A fine drawing of two large green eggs. Inscribed “Two Life Size Green Eggs! Dr. Seuss.” Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue ...
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The ABC Ostrich. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar and less colourful image is used in Dr. Seuss’s ABC.
Original artwork in colour felt. Approx. 8 x 5 inches (20.5 x 13 cm.). A fine colour drawing of the ABC Ostrich, signed Best Wishes! Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a ...
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“B” Bee (Skritz). Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black felt tip and blue and orange crayon. Approx. 12 x 10 inches. A fine drawing of a bee otherwise known as a Skritz from the book I had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew. Inscribed “B” bee Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington ...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar illustration and text is used on the front cover and dustjacket of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, first published 1957.
Approx. 5 3/4 x 4 inches. Original artwork in black, red, green and yellow felt tip. A fine drawing of The Grinch. Inscribed “How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by – Dr. Seuss.” Framed.
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Thing from The Cat in the Hat. Published [c. 1960–80]
Approx. 6 x 4 inches. Original artwork in black felt tip. A fine drawing of Thing (One or Two.) Inscribed ‘Best from.... Dr. Seuss.’ Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of ...
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The Cat in the Hat at the Window. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar illustration is used on the front and back endpapers of The Cat in the Hat Comes Back , first published 1958.
Approx. 8 × 6 inches. Original artwork in black, red, yellow and blue felt tip. A fine drawing of The Cat in the Hat looking through a sash window. Signed Dr. Seuss. Framed.
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Seussian Animal with Sign. Published [c. 1960–80]
Approx. 7 × 8 inches. Original artwork in blue pen. A fine drawing of a Seussian animal holding up a sign on a pole reading “For Judy, John, Willie and Charles”. Inscribed “With Very Best Wishes - Dr Seuss”.
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Pat. Published [c. 1960–80].
Approx. 3 x 4.75 inches. Original artwork in black felt tip and yellow, orange and red pencil crayon. A fine drawing of Pat from Dr Seuss’s book Hop on Pop. Inscribed ‘Pat! Best from Dr. Seuss.’ Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is ...
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Cat in the Hat with Fish. Published [c. 1960–80]
Approx. 4 x 6 inches. Original artwork in black felt tip and blue, red and orange pencil crayon. A fine drawing the Cat in the Hat holding a cup with a fish inside. Signed Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be ...
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One-Wheeler Wubble Being Drawn By A Camel. Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black wax crayon. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Chap on a One-Wheeler Wubble being drawn by a camel from the book I had Touble in Getting to Solla Sollew. Inscribed Best Wishes! Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter ...
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Ouch. Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Creature being attacked by a Skritz at his neck and a Skrink to his toe from the book I had Touble in Getting to Solla Sollew. Inscribed Ouch! Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by ...
£5,000.00
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Yertle the Turtle. Published [c. 1960–80]
Original artwork in black felt tip. Approx. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. A fine drawing of Yertle the Turtle sitting on a mound. Signed Dr. Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of ...
£8,000.00
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A Wocket in my Pocket. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar image is used for the front cover of Dr Seuss’s A Wocket in my Pocket.
Original artwork in black, felt tip. Approx. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. A fine drawing of a boy with a wocket in his back pocket, taken from the cover of the book. Inscribed “a Wocket in my Pocket Dr. Seuss. for the kids at St. Catherines.” Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter ...
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Pat Sat on Bat. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar image is used in Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop.
Original artwork in yellow, pink, green and black felt tip. Approx. 10 x 13 inches. A fine colour drawing of Pat sitting on a bat from the book Hop On Pop. Inscribed: “ Pat sat on bat. Dr. Seuss”. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is ...
£3,000.00
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Cat in the Hat with Pineapples. Published [c. 1960–80]
A similar image is used in The Cat’s Quizzer.
Original artwork in yellow, green, red and black felt tip. Approx. 3 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches. A fine colour drawing of the Cat in the Hat holding an umbrella and raining pineapples. Inscribed from Dr Seuss. Mounted, glazed and framed. All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is ...
£18,500.00
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Pooh Lowers the Sail. Published ca.1930
Original artwork in pen and ink. Approx. size 8 1/2 x 10 inches. A fine drawing of Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eyore, Christopher Robin and three other children and a baby in a sailing boat being drawn by a horse. Mounted, glazed and framed. One light vertical fold mark and three light horizontal ...
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Nemesis.
All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
Approx. 56 × 40 cm . Original lithograth in brown. Self portrait of Spare with imagery of satyrs and nude. Inscribed and signed by the artist below the image “Nemesis” A. O. Spare. Mounted, glazed and framed. Creasing affecting image.
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Nemesis.
All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
Approx. 57 x 42 cm. Original lithograth in brown. Inscribed and signed by the artist below the image ‘Nemesis’ A. O. Spare. Mounted, glazed and framed. Tear to margin just touching border.
£2,500.00
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All Original Artwork sold by Peter Harrington Antiquarian Books is guaranteed to be genuine and authentic. We issue a certificate of authenticity with all artwork sold.
Approx. 10 1/2 × 16 inches. Original gouache and pencil. Initialled by the artist lower left. Mounted, glazed and framed. Fine.
£6,500.00
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Two Cats Playing Bridge. (1. Bridge, 2. Bridge). Published [Circa 1910]
Two original drawings. Approx. image size 10.5 x 14 inches. Both mounted, framed and glazed. A couple of stunning drawings of cats playing bridge in Wain’s favourite medium, coute crayon. One of the cats bearing a fanged grin and holding the ace of hearts, the other cat, holding a handful of cards, ...
