Sale 8629
London, South Kensington
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17 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,495
Estimate
Leonard Leslie Brooke (1863-1940) Frontispiece design for The Nursery Rhyme Book signed 'L. Leslie Brooke' (lower left) and inscribed with preparatory notes (lower right) pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed 15 x 10in. (38.1 x 26.7cm.)
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