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THE ROSEBUD AND OTHER TALES - ILLUSTRATIONS BY WALTER CRANES (LOTS 484-490)
Walter Crane was best known as a designer and a prolific illustrator, and his illustrations have been compared to both William Morris and Kate Greenaway in their intricacy of design and bright colouring.
Included in this lot are illustrations from six short stories: The Rosebud; The Mirror; The Lump of Coal; The Lawn Tennis Ball; The Little Animal; and Soap Bubbles. These tales were written by Arthur Kelly and he commissioned Walter Crane to illustrate his vanity publication in 1909. Crane produced twenty-one illustrations in total, of which twenty were used.
In Isobel Spencer's book entitled Walter Crane, she states that:
"The Rosebud and Other Tales of 1909. These show him beginning to take advantage of the subtle effects the process [the process plate] afforded but the bright colour and strong design, plus the way they are mounted on dark paper, ensures that they do not detract from the unified concept of the whole book."
Walter Crane, R.W.S. (1845-1915)
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Rosebud'
Details
Walter Crane, R.W.S. (1845-1915)
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Rosebud'
all signed with monogram (lower left and lower right) and inscribed 'THE ROSEBUD' (lower left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, three in one frame
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.); and smaller
Sold with accompanying book, which is inscribed by the author 'Margaret/with love from/Arthur. Xmas 1909'. (3)
Three illustrations for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales - 'The Rosebud'
all signed with monogram (lower left and lower right) and inscribed 'THE ROSEBUD' (lower left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, three in one frame
8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm.); and smaller
Sold with accompanying book, which is inscribed by the author 'Margaret/with love from/Arthur. Xmas 1909'. (3)
Provenance
Mr. Arthur Kelly, and thence by descent.