Lot Essay
An original illustration for the News Chronicle, London Issue, 25 September 1954, Merry England, Perpetua Books, London 1956, p. 96-97.
"The Spirit of Autumn!"
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Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
"The Spirit of Autumn!"
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle 1954' (lower right), and inscribed: 'NEWS CHRONICLE Saturday Cartoon Sept 25' (upper left); "Look, Bert - the Spirit of Autumn..." (centre left); "Oh, please,/not yet- not yet..." (lower right) and further inscribed 'The Spirit of Autumn' (lower left)
pen and black ink, unframed
22 x 15 in. (56 x 38 cm.)
"The Spirit of Autumn!"
signed and dated 'Ronald Searle 1954' (lower right), and inscribed: 'NEWS CHRONICLE Saturday Cartoon Sept 25' (upper left); "Look, Bert - the Spirit of Autumn..." (centre left); "Oh, please,/not yet- not yet..." (lower right) and further inscribed 'The Spirit of Autumn' (lower left)
pen and black ink, unframed
22 x 15 in. (56 x 38 cm.)