A quantity of unframed illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke (1863-1940) thought to be from Mary L Molesworth stories including: "She was sitting in the dame's old -fashioned armchair..."; "Then there burst upon the view a wonderful surprise"; "The door opened a little wider and two faces popped out"; "Jack do help me to fasten this bracelet"; "We all three sat listening and listening"; "I've plenty of stories in my head..."; "I'll take one hand and Pat one, and then we'll all run down together"; "Coming nearer every instant"; Auntie! he said, smiling a very little: how pretty you look!" and others, signed with initials and variously inscribed
Details
A quantity of unframed illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke (1863-1940) thought to be from Mary L Molesworth stories including: "She was sitting in the dame's old -fashioned armchair..."; "Then there burst upon the view a wonderful surprise"; "The door opened a little wider and two faces popped out"; "Jack do help me to fasten this bracelet"; "We all three sat listening and listening"; "I've plenty of stories in my head..."; "I'll take one hand and Pat one, and then we'll all run down together"; "Coming nearer every instant"; Auntie! he said, smiling a very little: how pretty you look!" and others, signed with initials and variously inscribed
14¼ x 10½in. (36.2 x 26.7cm.)
14¼ x 10½in. (36.2 x 26.7cm.)
Literature
Original illustrations for Ring O' Roses; and The Nursery Rhyme Book by Andrew Lang, published by Frederick Warne &Co Ltd., 1897 & 1922
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