Lot Essay
Gilroy got the inspiration for his animal series from a visit to Bertram Mill's Circus at Olympia. The animals were sketched at London Zoo and the zoo-keeper is a caricature of Gilroy himself.
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MY GOODNESS, MY GUINNESS
Details
GILROY, John
MY GOODNESS, MY GUINNESS
lithograph in colours, c.1935, printed by Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., London, condition A; pin holes
30 x 20in. (76 x 51cm.)
MY GOODNESS, MY GUINNESS
lithograph in colours, c.1935, printed by Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., London, condition A; pin holes
30 x 20in. (76 x 51cm.)
Literature
Sibley, p.84v
Davis, p.43
Davis, p.43