Studies for the painted panels of an oak writing desk: 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' by the Brothers Grimm and 'The Sleeping Draught' (all illustrated)

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Joseph Edward Southall, R.W.S. (1861-1944)
Studies for the painted panels of an oak writing desk: 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' by the Brothers Grimm and 'The Sleeping Draught' (all illustrated)
one signed with monogram and dated '1893' (lower right) and further dated '1893' (lower left); another signed with monogram, numbered and dated 'VII. 1893' (lower left)
pencil and white chalk, on green paper, unframed
16½ x 11 in. (41.8 x 27.9 cm.); and smaller (3)

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Lot Essay

According to the inscriptions on the back of the drawings, these are studies for the panels of a writing desk, executed in 1895. Stylistically, the designs are comparable to 'The Mystic Burial', a watercolour of the same year. See the 1980 exhibition catalogue, p. 28, no. A9 (illustrated). All these works show the strong influence of early Italian painting.

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