Lot Essay
An original illustration for News Chronicle, 23 August 1954.
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Holidays: Home from home: The guest book
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Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
Holidays: Home from home: The guest book
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1954' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Guest Book' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Her rock cakes/are marvelous'/'I feel a different man'/'Mrs H. is a real/good sort'/'A home/from home'/'I shall certainly be back next year'
pencil and pen and black ink and grey wash, unframed
22 x 15¼in. (55.8 x 38.7cm.)
Holidays: Home from home: The guest book
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1954' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Guest Book' (lower left) and further inscribed 'Her rock cakes/are marvelous'/'I feel a different man'/'Mrs H. is a real/good sort'/'A home/from home'/'I shall certainly be back next year'
pencil and pen and black ink and grey wash, unframed
22 x 15¼in. (55.8 x 38.7cm.)
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