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"A Visit to Birmingham, 1887", an illustration for The Gracious Majesty
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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976)
"A Visit to Birmingham, 1887", an illustration for The Gracious Majesty
signed 'E.H. Shepard' (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink, heightened with white, unframed
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.); and three unframed and one framed other pen and ink drawings for various titles by Housman nicluding Regency Interlude, The Golden Sovreign and The Gracious Majesty.
"A Visit to Birmingham, 1887", an illustration for The Gracious Majesty
signed 'E.H. Shepard' (lower left)
pencil, pen and black ink, heightened with white, unframed
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.); and three unframed and one framed other pen and ink drawings for various titles by Housman nicluding Regency Interlude, The Golden Sovreign and The Gracious Majesty.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 3 July 1998, lot 235.
Literature
L. Houseman, The Gracious Majesty, London, 1941, p. 149.
L. Houseman, The Golden Sovereign, London, 1938, pp. 98 & 374.
L. Houseman, The Golden Sovereign, London, 1938, pp. 98 & 374.
Special notice
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