Sale 1243
London, South Kensington
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29 June 2011
Price realised
GBP 3,500
Estimate
Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920) St. Trinian's goes carolling: 'Help me turn her - she's thawing.' signed and dated 'Ronald Searle/1949' (lower right), inscribed 'Help me turn her - she's thawing.' (lower centre) and further inscribed 'Lillput [sic.] St.Trinian's goes carolling. 6' (upper left) pen and black ink, unframed 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm.)
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Literature
Lilliput, December 1949. Ronald Searle, Back to the Slaughterhouse, London, 1951, p. 57.
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